21.   In the last month, the general has been making important hires, naming a seven-member National Security Council, a cabinet and provincial governors.

22.   Instead, Yeltsin listened to more hardline loyalists and the complaints of provincial governors about Chechen criminality and decided on war.

23.   -James Soong, popular independent candidate, former Nationalist Party superstar and former Taiwan provincial governor.

24.   Karzai is trying to settle some of these disputes by appointing new provincial governors.

25.   Local religious leaders have demanded that the provincial governor instruct the police and the army to confiscate weapons from militia members.

26.   More recently, it has been used as a weapons depot for a local disarmament drive, according to Jan Muhammad Khan, an Afghan provincial governor.

27.   On Wednesday, Musharraf is meeting with his top military, police and intelligence officials as well as provincial governors.

28.   The bank records are considered critical to the prosecution because they expand the case against Estrada beyond allegations of kickbacks made by a provincial governor, Luis Singson.

29.   The decision to go ahead was announced on Monday by the prime minister, Lee Han-dong, and the provincial governor, Woo Keun-min.

30.   The following day, the clearly embarrassed official apologized, but said that the provincial governor had refused permission even for this visit.