• Some are even angry that John Ashcroft, their main man in the cabinet, has taken such a draconian line on civil liberties: they worry that a future attorney-general may be able to spy on conservative religious organisations.

    ECONOMIST: George Bush and the social conservatives

  • The cabinet's main priority is to secure affordable food supplies throughout the archipelago, severely disrupted by riots and shortages of imports.

    CNN: FORTRESS SUHARTO

  • More importantly, she has performed abysmally when standing in for Mr Wahid in cabinet: her main policy goal, apparently, is to ensure that meetings end on time.

    ECONOMIST: Indonesia

  • He has announced a new cabinet that keeps the main ministers in their jobs.

    ECONOMIST: The Turkish government

  • Sir Richard Wilson, the current cabinet secretary, sees his main job as making sure that civil servants do what ministers want, and that they adapt to New Labour's new world.

    ECONOMIST: The cafeti��re theory of government

  • The yen gained against the US dollar on the news from the Cabinet Office, while Tokyo's main Nikkei 225 stock index opened 1.6% higher.

    BBC: Japan economy slows less than expected in last quarter

  • Mrs Arroyo is in the peculiar position of being both a member of the president's cabinet and a leading figure in the main opposition party, created by Mr Ramos.

    ECONOMIST: The Philippines

  • From historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, whose biography is one of the main sources of the screenplay, we know Lincoln built a Cabinet from former opponents.

    CNN: What Obama can learn from Lincoln

  • As an Independent he was unable to rely on the support of the main political parties, but had a largely trouble-free 10 years by chairing a cabinet made up of councillors of all political persuasions.

    BBC: Elected mayor post 'out of favour' in North East

  • Then, in 1975, a change of government brought a change in policy and Prof Randell was invited to the Cabinet Office to discuss the first official release of information about the Allies' main codebreaking machine.

    BBC: The road to uncovering a wartime Colossus

  • He has temporarily bought off Mr Morgan, his main rival, by giving him responsibility for economic development and Europe in his eight-member cabinet.

    ECONOMIST: Wales

  • This week, the Saudi cabinet approved plans to sell most of the government's stake in the country's main insurer, and some of its shares in Maaden, a state-owned mining firm.

    ECONOMIST: Arab firms are enjoying a boom

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