If the attempt fails, Mr Peres can ask another leader to assume the task.

BBC: Israel rivals vie to head cabinet

Any individual who holds responsibility for any person, aspect, function, or task within an organization is in fact a leader.

FORBES: The Case For Ubiquitous Leadership

Since becoming Conservative leader in 2005, he said his task had been to build on the work done by Lady Thatcher.

BBC: UK Politics

But Gingrich's own House Majority Leader Dick Armey has taken him to task for not airing his high-risk change of tactics in the privacy of a closed leadership meeting.

CNN: Looking For Budget Progress

Friday evening, President Traian Basescu appointed Social Democrat leader Victor Ponta as the new prime minister with the task of forming a new government.

CNN: Romania's government falls after Parliament vote

The latest politician to take over the thankless task of coalition-building is Bulent Ecevit, a veteran leftist leader, who was named temporary prime minister on December 2nd.

ECONOMIST: Turkey and the Kurds

The list of 17 task force members includes a sheriff, a former Florida Supreme Court justice and a leader of the League of United Latin American Citizens.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Tripi's task force believes the two men seen running from the murder scene were 7th Street Gang leader Efrain "Cheko" Hidalgo and Brandon Jonas.

WSJ: Officials question 2004 Buffalo murder conviction

Russel Honore -- the colorful leader of the military's response to Hurricane Katrina -- said that the joint task force mission was nearing its end stage, barring any further destruction from Hurricane Rita.

CNN: Military's Katrina mission nears end