Local power, central power, now, people power.

And it was a world of, as I say, not local power, but now central power.

Local power holders some closely linked to the drug trade still maintain military power and political influence.

Retailers could exercise their power in setting prices at the local level.

In many conflict situations local warlords plunder entire regions and use their power to trade in weapons, drugs and local primary resources.

The Local Bodies Level In 2000 Pakistan embarked upon a comprehensive scheme to devolve power to the communities and to revitalize the local bodies.

Britain, Belgium, and Spain, among others in Europe, have devolved more power to local regions.

Accountability of local institutions to local people, and subsidiarity principles that guide the choice and sequencing of power transfers are important in the decentralization process.

Power is separated between the legislature, the executive and an independent judiciary, within a federation devolving power and resources to the regional and local levels.

Some speculate that the arrest is really part of a power struggle, with President Hu Jingtao demonstrating his authority against a local power broker who had thwarted national policy.

Local executive bodies of State authority have considerable power in allocating land plots and in refusing to do so.

This part of Ukraine overwhelmingly supported Viktor Yanukovych in elections, and local police participated in his bid to hold power.

Free from their loyalties to the pharaoh, local rulers began competing with each other for territorial control and political power.

It is thus essential to nurture local communities through the devolution of power and resources and through strengthening local economic capabilities, cultural identity, and respecting the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples.4

Earlier in midnight a case was filed against her where she was accused of favoring her son misusing her power by awarding contracts to a local company, when she was in power.

Since most government corruption occurs at the county, township and village levels, it usually involves abuses of power by local officials.

Now that America's position has become unsustainable, the Bush administration is handing over power to local militias in Falluja and elsewhere.

Handing over any local power before those leaders are ready to use it would be an error, with potentially disastrous consequences.

Turkey s arrival as a regional power is different in that its democratic structures make an active peacemaker, not a local bully.

Local efforts to demand a large share of power have shaped the devolution process at the national level in Scotland.11

China s central government has the power to rein in its local chieftains, so its failure to do so in Tibet is puzzling.

And, as a recent study shows, because China s coal fired power plants are so dirty, electric cars make the local air worse.

They devised a new strategy in which they utilized the power of a local river that was linked to the Yellow River.

Additionally, local and regional power struggles linked to the elections and the possible contesting of seats in the new parliament are a possibility.

Similarly, whereas much autonomy has been extended to local governments in economic and social development, the central government has kept its grip on the direction of policy by maintaining the power to appoint local party and government officials.

What applies to the US is even truer for the European Union, whose soft power is no match for its lack of local credibility.

The decentralization process, which provides a framework for the devolution of power and responsibilities between the central and local governments, has made further strides.

Local authorities had their own sources of funding, since they had the power to levy rates and taxes, and were also responsible for development.

The development of local sustainable energy networks based on biomass production can play an important role through locally based combined heat and power plants.

But China has seen a steady decentralization of power in recent years, making it harder for SEPA to affect policies at the regional and local levels.

While such reforms which give citizens more power by establishing semi autonomous local governments are crucial, the underlying motivation is the creation of more legislative positions.

Turkey is thus emerging not as a regional mediator, equidistant from contending local players, but as an assertive, if not aggressive, regional power aiming for hegemony.

The term community in this context includes local people, local institutions, local agencies and the local council.

Decentralization of water management and devolution of decision making power to local authorities and community based institutions such as water committees, supported by capacity building programmes, has proven successful in many countries in addressing local problems and reducing the costs of water services.

But it will take courage and sheer determination to tackle what is perhaps the biggest obstacle of all resistance from deeply entrenched local and provincial power blocs.

If it wants to be seen as a status quo power, it needs to accept local and international efforts at establishing peace between Israel and its neighbors.

Local Fatah leaders like Marwan Barghouti have tremendous power over the nationalist armed units that are loosely organized under the title of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Local LWV organizations monitor their local government meetings and address local issues.

They have a point with the Shia in power in Iraq, Iran will seek suitable opportunities to use local Shia populations as proxies to assert its hegemonic claims.

The Occupying Power shall, with the cooperation of the national and local authorities, facilitate the proper working of all institutions devoted to the care and education of children.

In Ethiopia, Chad and Niger, the legal marriage age is 15, but local customs and religious courts have the power to allow marriages below 12 years of age.

For the foreseeable future, they will depend on local manufacturers to create the jobs that protect both China s development goals and the Communist Party s monopoly on domestic political power.

For decentralization of the forest sector to fulfill its objectives to control deforestation and environmental degradation, it is necessary to establish a better balance of power between the State and other stakeholders, empowering local organizations and increasing capacity for local management regimes in communities and municipalities.18

You know, it's local cooks teaching local people.

Local govt. Nkwerre local government of Imo State