41.   While the national parliament is still a fairly tame setting, local legislatures have been more aggressive.

42.   The Ukrainian parliament responded by giving the local legislature up until Monday to reverse its decision.

43.   The Ukrainian parliament has given the local legislature until next Monday to reverse its decision.

44.   The Ukrainian parliament responded by giving the local legislature until next Monday to reverse its decision.

45.   It has boycotted the local legislature in Zanzibar and has urged pupils not to go to school in protest.

46.   It was the first balloting to the local legislature in nearly a decade.

47.   Most opinion polls suggest the BJP may not only lose control of the state but also its position as the largest single party in the local legislature.

48.   Meanwhile, the Gujarat state cabinet deferred any immediate decision on dissolving the local legislature and calling a snap election.

49.   The election law governing the NPC and local legislatures as well as several international agreements will also be taken up, a Xinhua report monitored here said without elaborating.

50.   The Nice Treaty on the future enlargement and integration of the European Union was passed unanimously by the local legislature.