21.   A Palestinian official told the Bethlehem protesters that the municipal council had telegraphed the summit urging its leaders to get Israel to lift the closure.

22.   A resolution renaming the street was adopted by a municipal council at a meeting Saturday, Mukherjee said.

23.   Another member of the Jaffna municipal council identified only as Paramasivam was also killed in the attack, Sagari said.

24.   Another member of the Jaffna municipal council identified only as Paramasivam was wounded in the attack, Sagari said.

25.   Another member of the Jaffna municipal council, identified only as Paramasivam, was wounded in the attack, he said.

26.   AT LEAST five civil service unions involved in municipal services want the municipal councils to be dissolved.

27.   Authorities have the power to dissolve municipal councils.

28.   Besides Lim, Teluk Kumbar State Assemblyman Syed Amiruddin Syed Ahmad has called for the setting up of another municipal council to serve the district.

29.   But she stressed that some favoured the retention of ex-officio seats because the two municipal councils needed opinions from experts.

30.   China had threatened to dissolve the lower-level municipal councils as well, but the Democrats did not thank Tung for keeping them on.