41.   On Monday he briefed a series of military officials and local governors whose regions will be affected by the cutbacks.

42.   Protesters lined the streets at each stop and even the local governors and mayors, who usually defer quietly to central government policy, expressed strong opposition.

43.   Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto signed documents Thursday to force reluctant property owners on Okinawa to renew leases for U.S. military bases after the local governor refused to do so.

44.   Rescuers there were trying to pull the car out of a overflowing river, local governor Mehmet Capraz told Anatolia.

45.   Several hundred students have taken over the local legislature in the eastern Javanese city of Surabaya demanding the local governor resign.

46.   Stromberg said a Rwandan delegation was meeting with the local Zairian governor and rebel military representatives Wednesday about reaching the camps.

47.   The court statement also said an indictment was handed down against former local governor, Sylvain Nsabimana, who was among the seven arrested in Nairobi.

48.   The elections, held for the first time ever, are to choose mayors, heads of provinces, and other local governors nationwide.

49.   The law, drafted on approval of President Alexander Lukashenko, also gave him the right to appoint local governors.

50.   The local governor had become convinced they were hunting for gold and refusing to share with him.