The main targets were government buildings.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

So the main business of government consists in knowing how to control the elites because they are always a potential source of conflict and ambition.

因此统治的第一要务在于,懂得如何控制精英人物因为,他们往往是冲突和野心的潜在来源。

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Mourners at the main government building in Bishkek pay homage to scores of protesters who died storming the building last week.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Under the controversial pact, the government agreed to the cleric's main demand of imposing Islamic law in the insurgency-hit districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Government too faces a cleanup. Its main building suffered serious damage and the prosecutor's office was completely gutted.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

In recent weeks, two main rebel groups have signed cease-fire agreements with the Sudanese government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

"Kandahar is the main effort. This is not only the main effort for ISAF, but also for the Afghan government and also for the entire international community."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Main said the government is now willing to go directly to court to shut down mines when necessary, and he called on Congress to enact tougher enforcement measures.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

On Sunday,Emanuel said the main question now is whether there will be a credible Afghan government to help provide security and government services, if foreign troops are able to reverse recent Taliban gains.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Economist Vincent Chan from Credit Suisse in Hong Kong believes the main problem for the government is to manage expectations of the second generation of migrant workers who form the back bone of China's success.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

A major point of difference between the two main parties is whether the government should offer a health insurance program to compete with private insurance companies in an effort to drive down health care costs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

In September,a power struggle erupted in violence in the lower Juba region between al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam, a clan-based Islamist-nationalist group which had been al-Shabab's main ally in its year-long battle to overthrow the U.N.-backed government in Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

How do you scale this whole thing up to a billion people," The project's main aim is to help improve the delivery of inefficient public services and cut corruption, which the government admits results in siphoning off benefits intended for the underprivileged.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

This is a surprise,". The Front for Democracy Defense,or FNDD, is one of three principal parties involved in negotiating an end to the crisis, along with the military government and a third political party that formed the main opposition group before the coup.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12