41.   Playing the spoiler was Rhee In-je, a former provincial governor who split away from the majority party after he lost its nomination to Lee.

42.   Prosecutors questioned a powerful provincial governor and close ally of President Kim Dae-jung on Thursday after his wife admitted taking bribes from a local banker.

43.   Provincial governor Abdul Razak accused members of the opposition Renamo party of inciting the violence.

44.   Provincial governors are members of the Civil Service Corps with modest salaries, but their posts are often associated with lucrative business opportunities.

45.   Provincial governors can easily impose curfews, call in military forces to suppress meetings and rallies deemed illegal, order an end to strikes and obtain search warrants.

46.   Provincial governors loyal to Ratsiraka said the judges overseeing the recount were appointed illegally.

47.   Playing the role of spoiler was Rhee In-je, a former provincial governor representing a splinter opposition group.

48.   A black provincial governor, Mathews Phosa, writes prize-winning poetry in Afrikaans.

49.   A former provincial governor has been charged with thuggery after he fired shots to frighten his son-in-law in a dispute, police said Thursday.

50.   A deputy provincial governor was among those convicted.