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It also merged the Council's High Representative with the Commission's foreign policy head, with this new figure chairing the foreign affairs Council rather than the rotating presidency.

Birtwistle argues that his council, rather than Cooper's government, fought for and obtained inward investment.

He insisted Mr Abdel-Jalil would only be a member of the Council rather than its head.

"I believe people do better by being represented by all the council rather than by just one member".

When Ms. Baer got the job, she asked Ms. Unger to be on a Profile advisory council rather than on the theater's board, to which Ms. Unger consented.

The Iraqis favor the immediate formation of a provisional government, made up of the current Iraqi Governing Council, rather than elections.

Local councils rather than privately run ration shops oversee storage and distribution.

Imposing vast new housing developments on reluctant local councils, rather than dealing with the underlying economic imbalances, may look an attractive quick fix.

Optimistic loyalists see hope in Mr. Jiang's proposal to bring new social groups, including entrepreneurs, inside the ruling councils rather than watching them rise as independent forces.

Housing costs for homeless people in temporary accommodation will in future be paid by councils rather than through the benefit system.

A handful of independent republicans opposed to Sinn Féin's political strategy are standing for election, although only for local councils rather than the Stormont Assembly.