21.   More important, a teacher is found locally, and the school is controlled by the village council, not by distant bureaucrats.

22.   Naidu urged village councils to report such incidents to the police.

23.   Police have arrested four villagers on charges of murder and are planning to file charges against the entire village council.

24.   Sami Sadek, who heads the village council, said Wednesday that eight people have been killed by stray bullets or exploding land mines left after training activities.

25.   Sami Sadek, who heads the village council, said Wednesday that eight people have been killed by stray bullets or land mines left after training activities.

26.   The letter appeared to be referring to four raids this year by heavily armed police and soldiers aimed at breaking up maverick village councils sympathetic to Zapatista rebels.

27.   The Owl House is run by a trust set up by the village council.

28.   The village council quickly voted to rename the square after Caramanlis and erect a statue of him.

29.   The village council, which consists of local elders, decided that the couple should be hanged if they could be found.

30.   Two years ago, Parliament passed a similar quota bill for local village councils, where women face the worst discrimination.