1.   He commented occasionally on city fiscal affairs, when asked, and he defended his handling of the fiscal crisis when his stewardship was criticized.

2.   Instead he seized upon them to begin shrinking and rethinking the encrusted city bureaucracy, something that students of city affairs have been urging for years.

3.   The day-to-day administration of city affairs is left to the city manager, who is hired by the city council.

4.   The severity of the problem came through in a recent report from the financial control board overseeing city affairs.

5.   Administrator Gilbert Zimba will manage city affairs for three months while the role of the council is reformed, local government minister Ben Mwiinga said.

6.   City commercial affairs officials are investigating the Beijing representatives of the British American Tobacco Co., Japan Tobacco Co. and other cigarette makers, the Legal Daily said.

7.   Constitution of a shadow government will have no practical effect on the running of city affairs but will help Djindjic and other opposition people to better air their views.

8.   Kuranty was mainly distributed in Moscow and focused on city affairs.

9.   Kuranty was mainly distributed in Moscow and focused primarily on city affairs, though a small number of issues were sold nationwide twice a week.