61.   Nouri believes the elections are important even though the Constitution gives municipal councils little power at present.

62.   Now, though a Serb mayor was elected recently thanks to absentee voting, the town is run by a Croat municipal council.

63.   Only five parties, all closely tied to Abacha, were permitted to field candidates in elections for municipal councils across the country.

64.   She said nowhere else in the world were food safety and environmental hygiene supervised by a municipal council.

65.   Six deputies of the municipal council in the city of Kerch have been arrested recently and are being investigated on charges of long-term involvement in racketeering with criminal gangs.

66.   The alliance had said it rejected the months-long series of staggered elections for district and municipal councils because political parties are not allowed to participate.

67.   The district council was elevated to the status of municipal council early last year.

68.   The chief U.N. administrator, Bernard Kouchner, says he will appoint Serbs to municipal councils in Serb enclaves.

69.   The Conservative Jew in Arad was appointed by a local municipal council.

70.   The emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, said in a speech to his advisory council that he was considering allowing elections for municipal councils.