1.   The issue arose again this month, when Assam voters elected a new state assembly.

2.   The new assemblies will have no legislative power.

3.   It was agreed that talks would resume in Arusha in mid-November to discuss outstanding issues, including arrangements for a new transitional legislative assembly.

4.   The new assembly would be appointed, not elected, the reports said.

5.   Late in the genesis of the law on zemstva, the new assemblies were permitted to use their resources for schools.

6.   And he announced that GM was in the final stages of deciding whether to locate a new assembly plant in Thailand or the Philippines.

7.   And the third would be a consultative body linking the three new regional assemblies.

8.   Blair congratulated them on the start of the new assembly, which held its first session on Wednesday.