51.   The provincial leaders had decided on an extraordinary meeting this fall during their regular their annual conference earlier this month.

52.   The provincial leaders, he said, appeared to be preoccupied by the perceived security threat from the unrest instead of attempting to find constructive solutions to the problems.

53.   Wells has been sounding out the provincial leaders on the issue.

54.   Fireworks makers and workers in Wanzai county formed a lobby group after provincial leaders announced last month an immediate halt to firecracker manufacturing following a series of deadly explosions.

55.   Hun Sen also called on provincial leaders and police officers to cut off all opportunities for the Khmer Rouge to engage in business activities.

56.   Indonesian has been trying to privatise Semen Gresik in a deal strongly advocated abroad but fiercely opposed by provincial leaders.

57.   During the five years of record keeping, the seven most senior defectors were at the deputy provincial leader level, the report said..

58.   The provincial leader of the conservative National Party, Andre Fourie, said he believed reason would prevail and there would be no trouble.

59.   The report attributed the document to the federalist Liberal Party, prompting provincial leader Daniel Johnson to accuse separatist forces of planting the report to whip up pro-sovereignty sentiment.

60.   The prime minister had resisted calls from provincial leaders for a more decentralised confederation out of fears that a new power-sharing arrangement would further weaken central authority.