The Center for Security Policy believes that, in light of the latest, powerful evidence of Mikhail Gorbachev's desire to preserve the power of the traditional central authorities in the USSR and his willingness to yield on this score only in the face of sustained pressure, it would be a grievous mistake for the West to come to his rescue.
It strains credulity that Gorbachev's evident hope of "toughing out" the present crisis is unrelated to the substantial emergency assistance to the central authorities in Moscow now being contemplated by the Bush Administration and its counterparts in allied capitals.
To address issues related to environment, climate change and disaster risk management, the UN will support central and local authorities in the sustainable management of the environment and natural resources across all sectors, and better environmental education and awareness - ultimately contributing to sustainable economic growth and increased quality of life.
On the one hand, the Administration's reflexive reaction is to try to accommodate virtually any demand from the central authorities in Moscow.
He said that ministers were introducing "a shift in financial risk from central government to local authorities and at the same time a cut in resources of at least 10%" and alleged that council tax benefit cuts would be greater in deprived areas.
But potentially the most interesting development took place late last year when the central authorities gave Newbridge Capital the go-ahead to take a controlling stake in Shenzhen Development Bank.
Central Scotland Police said that some companies and local authorities in the force area were struggling to gain access to their facilities because of abandoned vehicles.
The funding is currently part of the Early Intervention Grant paid by central government to local authorities in England to support early years and family intervention programmes, including Sure Start Children's Centres.
Building costs were supposed to be shared by central and local authorities, but the latter often failed to chip in.
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The authorities in Ghana have banned imports of pork and pork products and the Central African nation Gabon has followed suit.
The two men were arrested in central Jakarta on a motorbike just before midnight Thursday after authorities were tipped to their whereabouts, said National Police spokesman Brig.
Authorities in Rhode Island said gusting winds blew the roof off a building in Central Falls.
Under the scheme, powers such as the ability to set and spend budgets are devolved from central government to local authorities in a bid to increase growth.
The upshot is that economic contraction may spur further stimulus from the European Central Bank and other European authorities, and that assumption contributed to gains in European markets Tuesday morning.
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There are, it is true, pockets of inflationary pressure (in property, for example) but the authorities can cope with a bit of this: the central bank has just increased the reserve requirements for banks to rein in their lending.
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Under the city deal scheme, certain powers, such as the ability to set and spend budgets, are devolved from central government to local authorities in a bid to increase growth.
The sentences came as courts in Myanmar are prosecuting cases stemming from the clashes in the central town of Meikhtila between majority Buddhists and minority Muslims that left at least 42 people dead and thousands homeless, authorities said Tuesday.
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