1.   Many councils are controlled by their political opponents, even in areas where Conservatives hold parliamentary seats with quite large majorities.

2.   Arafat will control his council tightly, having made sure that his Fatah party dominates it.

3.   Still, some reformers are reluctant to engage in full-scale battle with the hardliners who control the council.

4.   Conservatives in Tunbridge Wells, who had controlled the council as long as anyone could remember, claimed national issues had nothing to do with their defeat.

5.   Critics fear the new council will be controlled by political and commercial interests.

6.   Rebel chief Charles Taylor blamed Nigeria, saying the Nigerian government wants to control the council.

7.   The UPN controls the council through a political pact with the Popular Party of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.

8.   The UPN controlled the council with the aid of a political pact formed with the Popular Party of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.

9.   The UPN controls the council through a political pact with the Popular Party of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar.

10.   Under the agreement, the MNLF is to control a council that will oversee development projects in the southern Philippines for three years.