31.   Matthew Knowles, the policy adviser for the British Chambers of Commerce, said the business community did not see the need for regional assemblies.

32.   Michael has become first minister of the new Welsh regional assembly.

33.   Regional assemblies at Zurich and Thurgau in northern Switzerland had new checks in place.

34.   Polls have suggested that the public, particularly in northern England, supports the idea of regional assemblies.

35.   Roughly half came from regional assemblies whose candidates were chosen in neighborhood meetings.

36.   Schindler should not be on the list, a regional assembly here decided Thursday.

37.   The elections also chose candidates for an all-Bosnian legislature, regional assemblies and other political offices.

38.   The Kursk region in central Russia held elections for mayor in local cities and a run-off election for the regional legislative assembly.

39.   The regional assembly members will, in turn, elect a yet-to-be-determined number of deputies to a national assembly.

40.   The regional assembly appointed him government head in January.