1.   The new municipal councils worked only where troops were stationed and with military defeat the system collapsed.

2.   They have developed a reasonably efficient administration, with an elected parliament and municipal councils.

3.   Among the dozens arrested were two Muslim members of the municipal council.

4.   As the political bigwigs wrangle, a somewhat awed Ramirez and his municipal council prepared to rule here.

5.   But he was a prominent advocate of changing to a system with a stronger mayor and a nine-member municipal council.

6.   Earlier this year, Qataris, including women, had their first election, for a municipal council.

7.   In the town of Vischongo, for instance, two of the five elected members of the municipal council are now women.

8.   Kouchner is most proud of the October elections for advisory municipal councils.

9.   New elected municipal councils would also be established.

10.   One is a teacher, one is a refugee advocate and one is a member of the Jerusalem municipal council.