Is Facebook a place that needs governing, just as a country does?

ECONOMIST: Social networks and statehood

Shias have been practicing their form of Islam for centuries in Afghanistan, but they agree that there needs to be a governing Islamic law for Shias alone, one recognized by the central government.

CNN: Afghanistan 'rape' law puts women's rights front and center

It is also far from clear that publicly funded news is superior to commercial news in serving the needs of a self-governing society.

FORBES: Magazine Article

In order to change the cyber mindset in Israel, information-security experts say that Israel's government needs to update laws and regulation governing information security to give companies more of an incentive to boost investment in cyber security.

WSJ: Israel's Businesses Losing the Cyber War

The Governing Council has accomplished certain things, it needs to accomplish a lot more, and it needs to be doing executive functions, it needs to be organizing the constitutional progress, it needs to be organizing the electoral process.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations

Individual wards (self-governing Tokyo sub-divisions) do their best to meet needs, offering subsidized lunches for the elderly.

CNN: Alone in the Big City

' Morales said that Bolivia needs partners, not owners, and that the contracts governing the oil and gas industry will be reviewed.

NPR: Bolivian President Elect Makes Bold Claims on Coca

For his part, Mr Obama needs to demonstrate that he has heeded the voters' message but is capable of governing despite the loss of the House.

ECONOMIST: Lexington