11.   Muttaqi said the Taliban have established security councils in five major cities, where the United Nations is expected to send international staff.

12.   One establishes a council that would bring together legislators from throughout the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic, though the body would have no powers.

13.   The decree establishes a council of representatives of the police, army and intelligence service to curb such economic crimes, ITAR-Tass said.

14.   These proposed measures would be considered by the National Water Council when it is set up in three weeks when Samy Vellu tables a proposal to establish the council.

15.   APEC leaders had established the council as a permanent business advisory forum to make the seven-year-old APEC more relevant to business.

16.   Under the agreement, the two parties are to establish a council which will plan cooperation in economic development and regional security.

17.   The Colombian government will establish prison councils throughout the country to resolve the crisis created by a spate of inmate mutinies, Justice Minister Carlos Medellin said on Saturday.