31.   Annoyed village leaders had him strangled on a country road.

32.   But many traditional village leaders circumvented the law by having their wives elected as proxies.

33.   But many village leaders have adapted by using their wives as proxy candidates and continuing to dominate local politics.

34.   Except for village leaders, there are no direct elections for lawmakers in China.

35.   First he met with village leaders and figured out how many people lived in the town and what castes were represented.

36.   He had met with Kurdish village leaders last week to prepare for the festival.

37.   He said the boys summoned their village leader, who took the child to a nearby police station.

38.   Huso Boar, a village leader, received a minor head wound and was taken to neraby U.S. base camp McGovern for treatment, the peace force said.

39.   In one instance, it said, the pregnant wife of a village leader was dragged naked from her home and beaten in the street.

40.   In opening the congress last week, Jiang, who heads the party, backed expanding modest elections for rural village leaders.