I'm not in politics to be a minister but to carry out ideas.
There's speculation that Bhutto's widower, Asif Ali Zardari, will eventually seek to become prime minister but to be eligible he needs to first win a seat in a by-election in parliament.
"I never talked to the prime minister about his behaviour in relation to bullying No 10 staff, but of course I talk to the prime minister about how to get the best out of his civil servants, " he said.
In a nationwide address before the polling began, General Musharraf promised to relinquish some executive responsibilities to a newly appointed prime minister, but to retain key powers, such as the ability to dismiss parliament.
In May, the French went to the polls but the Welsh first minister was not about to pass an historic opportunity.
The expressed goal of Livni and her three opponents - Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter and Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit - is not to ready Kadima for elections, but to select a new prime minister who will form a governing coalition that will bar the public from electing its representatives until March 2010.
The prime minister offered to stand down as prime minister on Saturday, but President Suleiman asked him to stay on in the national interest.
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Sudan's government finances are obscure but, according to one minister, Sudan's top priority is to refurbish the army.
At this writing, such a decision seems not only possible but, according to Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis, in prospect.
Margaret Hodge, who chairs the Public Accounts Committee, said she welcomed the review, but urged the minister to go further.
But I said to Prime Minister Netanyahu, I believe that the current situation in the Middle East does not allow for procrastination.
The crises that have hit so many Asian economies were caused at least in part by cronyism: projects were approved and finance was provided not because the market called for it, but just to gratify some minister's son-in-law.
MPs also called for those who do not pay their "fair" share to be named by the government, but Prime Minister David Cameron and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander ruled it out, saying it would breach taxpayer confidentiality.
Mr Delors says he wanted to be the government's European policy supremo but was instead asked to be justice minister and Mr Jospin's second-in-command an offer he refused.
As people on the left began to mutter that Mr Amato was a competent prime minister but an unconvincing candidate to win an election, the mayor let it be known that he is available.
Less than 24 hours after the most famous Dutch immigrant had announced her emigration, parliamentarians of all stripes held an all-night sitting to urge the minister to back off, but it was too late.
The CHC says it had decided not to refer these changes to the health minister either, but it "has reservations in relation to the availability of capital investment for the proposed new primary care developments in line with the timescales and the implementation plans of the health board".
The opposition leaders solemnly pledged on election night to co-operate with the prime minister, but such promises are made to be broken.
But the prime minister continues to insist that he will not allow an innocent minister to be hounded out of office.
"If the Palestinians continue with the escalation of the situation, then we won't have any choice" but to stay, one Israeli minister, Limor Livnat, said on Wednesday.
The police were made nominally distinct from the armed forces earlier this year, but still answer to the defence minister rather than to the minister for home affairs.
But the prime minister wants to keep the Lib Dems happy in case he needs them again to form a government at the next election, due in 2015.
Its request appeared to have been dismissed at the time, but Minister for the Dome Lord Falconer was understood to have had a lengthy meeting with Ms Page mid-week.
Its premier, Hernus Kriel, once served as police minister but came to shun the national arena in order to build support among the province's minority white population and the Coloured (mixed-race) voters who make up more than half its electorate.
The Home Office declined to comment on the case, but security minister Lord West told Parliament earlier this year that officials would have to go through each case and that some orders would be rescinded.
The bill will allow religious organisations to offer same-sex marriages but Equalities Minister Maria Miller has said no religious organisation "will ever be forced to conduct marriages for same-sex couples".
The figure represents costs up to 5 December but more bills are still to be submitted, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright wrote in a Parliamentary answer.
He writes that Mr Blair may have spent the past week trying to dispel accusations of soap-opera politics - but he believes the prime minister has done much to create the current situation, and that he continues to profit from it.
Now judged to be too moderate, he lost his long-time job as interior minister, but was nonetheless thought to be in line to be speaker of parliament (Iran's third-most-important post, after the supreme leader and the president) after the election.
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