1.   Local government councils were replaced by civil servants.

2.   He noted that in recent months one key government council had made radically opposing decisions, depending on whether Chernomyrdin or Chubais was leading the meeting.

3.   Jose Domingo Guillen, a high-level local official who coordinates the government council that monitors migration enforcement efforts in this border region, had a similarly bleak opinion.

4.   Local council elections are contests over local government councils.

5.   The documents include government council minutes, land titles, laws and estate contents.

6.   A government council on fiscal and economic policy is looking at ways to dig the government out of debt, Miyazawa said.

7.   A government advisory council recently proposed easing tough restrictions on foreign workers as part of a package of recommendations for shoring up the economy over the next decade.

8.   A government council on Wednesday announced has rejected a petition by former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to run for president in November elections.

9.   A government council recommended Thursday that Japanese telecoms carriers be required to let competitors use their proprietary networks and that they fully disclose the fees for doing so.

10.   All four government staff councils will meet on Thursday to come up with a consensus on their pay claims before making their submission to the Civil Service Bureau.