51.   The rivals agreed that candidates for local assemblies should run independently of political parties so local assemblies could be neutral, he said.

52.   The party also put forward a motion, scheduled for debate in the local assembly next Wednesday, calling on China to release Wang unconditionally.

53.   The referendum will also decide whether to create a new constitutional court, and the introduction of democratically-elected local assemblies.

54.   The State Department reiterated its appeal to Milosevic to allow the elected opposition members to take their seats in the local assemblies.

55.   The results were announced one day after voting in Federal Yugoslavia a Federal Yugoslav parliament, a parliament in Montenegro and a series of local assemblies.

56.   The Russian-installed authorities in Chechnya organised local assembly elections on the same day as the presidential ballot.

57.   The voters were electing a Federal Yugoslav parliament, a parliament in Montenegro and a series of local assemblies.

58.   Tokyo government officials said the local assembly would make a final decision after a new governor is elected in April.

59.   It said the decision was taken by the local Serb assembly, which met in the town of Beli Manastir in the north of the Serb-held region.

60.   It said the decision was taken by the local Serb assembly, which met in the town of Beli Manastir in the north of the region.