The Wales star has been in prime form in South Africa, but admits he used to get anxious about his game.
But he has hit prime form in the eight years since returning to France and is Bordeaux's top scorer with seven goals in 17 starts this season.
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Admittedly, Finland were shot-shy in their 6-0 drubbing by the host nation, but the Nashville Predators goalie did keep out 23 shots, and looked in prime form.
The selectors have gone for Smith, rather than Graham Thorpe, under an injury cloud, or the tried and tested Robert Key or John Crawley because they feel he is in prime form.
He accused Mr Sarkozy of having reduced the role of the European Commission - the EU's executive arm - to that of a "secretariat" for the presidents and prime ministers who form the European Council.
However, it is unlikely that the new prime minister could quickly form a government given the current divisions.
Abe will be elected Prime Minister and will form a new cabinet on December 26 when a special session of the Diet convenes.
Sihanouk was at the centre of complex negotiations involving royalists, the Khmer Rouge and Hun Sen, the Vietnamese-backed prime minister, to form a new government.
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.
If approved by parliament, as expected, the prime minister will proceed to form a Cabinet.
Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government following last month's parliamentary election.
The prime minister would then have to form a government, which could take months since the outstanding differences between the political factions will continue.
Mr Kennedy says he expects Labour to honour its pledge but he strenuously denies any suggestion of a pre-election pact between himself and the prime minister to introduce the lesser form of proportional representation - the Alternative Vote system.
But the government, in the form of the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, is likely to resist any substantive amendments, because the terms of the bill have had to be worked out in close collaboration with the other Commonwealth countries who have the Queen as their head of state.
Slovak President Rudolf Schuster has asked the outgoing prime minister, Mikulas Dzurinda, to form a new government.
President Shimon Peres is expected to ask Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attempt to form a new government.
Ehud Olmert officially becomes prime minister, but has yet to form a new government after last month's election.
Those elections gave the Sunni-dominated Iraqiya party led by former prime minister Ayad Allawi the right to form the next government.
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Elections were called early after Ms Livni failed to form a new government following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to step down last year amid a corruption probe against him.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looks set to form a new government in Pakistan after historic elections, but for domestic and regional press the celebration will be cut short as the new order faces up to Pakistan's many challenges.
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said he wanted to form a government of technocrats, to ease tensions.
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In 1989, the Pakistani cabinet resigned, giving Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto a free hand to form a new government.
He may well form a coalition with the former Prime Minister, Mario Monti, who has fought a lacklustre campaign.
Prime Minister George Papandreou, having offered to form a coalition government of national unity with the right wing opposition, and failed, has been trying to reshuffle his cabinet to regain legitimacy.
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's self-appointed president, and Atal Behari Vajpayee, India's prime minister, could not agree on any form of joint statement, or even to hold a press conference explaining what had gone wrong.
Still, it wasn't clear whether this surge would derail the front-runner in the election, the Pakistan Muslim League of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who hopes to form the next government of the world's fifth-largest democracy.
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But Mr Byers - who is also secretary of state for the regions - received a boost in the form of the backing of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott who predicted his colleague would play a major part in the next stage of the government's plans for devolution into the English regions.
It wasn't clear whether this surge in support for Mr. Khan, who campaigned on promises to clean up Pakistani politics and reassess ties with the U.S., would derail the front-runner in the election, the Pakistan Muslim League of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who hopes to form the next government of the world's fifth-largest democracy.
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Former Prime Minister Netanyahu will win the subsequent election and form a new government.
The prime minister, an Ennahda member, wants to form a new government of non-political technocrats.
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