army council

The army council, which is running the show supposedly temporarily has just had to reintroduce the old emergency laws to limit the number of strikes, most of them triggered by demands for wage increases that are impossible to meet.

Thestar.com - Home Page Richard Gwyn 2011

Irish Republican Army's once powerful military leadership group, known as the army council, has been abandoned and no longer "presents a threat to peace or democratic politics" in Northern Ireland, according to a report issued Wednesday by an independent monitoring group.

Top Stories - Google News 2008

It's not only now or in the last year that we discovered there's a thing called the army council, "he said.

British Blogs 2008

The people want the fall of the marshal, they chanted, referring to Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Mubarak's defence minister for two decades and head of the army council.

Egyptian cabinet resigns - coverage of reaction as it happened 2011

After days of refusing to directly blame the Egyptian security forces for the deaths of at least 36 people protesting against the ruling army council's attempts to draw out the transition to civilian rule, and even after that to retain political powers for the military, the US state department finally pointed the finger on Tuesday.

US condemns Egypt's military rulers amid exasperation among protesters 2011

Previously prime minister from 1996 to 1999 under ousted former president Hosni Mubarak, Mr Ganzouri agreed to lead a so-called national salvation government after a meeting the head of the ruling army council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

Egypt: elections on as protests continue - Thursday 24 November 2011

This is likely to be the most pressing challenge in the months ahead if a genuine transition to democracy is to take place, because it requires those on the army council – who have set themselves up as guarantors of the "people's legitimate will" – to surrender the huge privileges they have amassed.

Hosni Mubarak is gone, but can Egypt's digital revolution unite the country? 2011

The army council drew up a temporary Instrument of Government.

1649, Jan. 20 2001

PETER ROBINSON, DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY: He was still a member of the IRA's army council.

CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2001 2001

A meeting held recently to review the sentence was conducted by an army council and headed by the country's defence minister and first vice president, Justin Malewezi.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1995