51.   Traffic was so packed that city mayor Bob Lanier had to climb on the back of police motorcycles to get the parade started.

52.   Thousands of spectators, headed by the city mayor Massimo Cacciari, watched as flames burst through the roof and the windows.

53.   Until now the president has appointed the city mayor.

54.   Witnesses said Friday that calm had returned to the city, following the announcement by city mayor Veroljub Stevanovic that he would travel to Belgrade for talks with authorities.

55.   Last week, Seoul city mayor Cho Soon apologized over a massive payoff scandal which led to the arrest of five bus company owners and two city officials.

56.   Later Kohl met the city mayor, Anatoly Sobchak, and visited a railway stock repair factory jointly run by Germans and Russians.

57.   The councillor, who was shot while inspecting construction of a housing estate he owned, had clashed with some fellow councillors, the city mayor said.

58.   The city mayor and other lawmakers participated in a Hindu ritual worship to the rain god Varuna on Thursday atop one of the reservoirs supplying water to Bombay.

59.   The election of the city mayor by the newly-elected city council is expected to happen two weeks later.