The Democratic Party, which will form a government later this month, pledges to help Japan's poor.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Prime Minister Topolanek said he believes the president might ask him again to form a government, as his party won most votes in the 2006 elections.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

No party is expected to win outright, which means that whoever comes out on top will have to reach out to other parties to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

"He would come back and have more power to form a government.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

London School of Economics political analyst Tony Travers says the Liberal Democrats are likely to give the Conservatives the support they need in order to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Iraq has been mired in a political stalemate since legislative elections in March left Shi'ite political factions vying for dominance, and the right to form a government and to choose a prime minister.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Political analyst and editor of Nepal's Samay magazine,Yuvraj Ghimre, says their efforts to form a government for the second time are not succeeding because they have been unable to work in cooperation with other parties.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"I think that,because it looks like the top four parties are going to be relatively close to one another, it is going to require a significant amount of political maneuvering, brokering deals, a lot of horse-trading behind closed doors to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

Another concern is that trade partners may consider the G.M.rescue a form of government support barred by free trade agreements.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

It urged them to form "as quickly as possible, a government that is inclusive and represents the will of the Iraqi people."

VOA: special.2010.08.07

He helped the people of Japan write a new constitution for a democratic form of government.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

He went there for a secret convention he had called to form a revolutionary government.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Building a coalition to form a new government could take months.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor and whereas both houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Mr.Obama also says government agencies are preparing in case the flu comes back in a stronger form in the normal flu season.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

Earlier in the week, the Afghan government announced it plans to form a major anti-corruption unit for investigating graft among senior officials.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

(Speaking in Russian) Stelmakh says the commission is, in essence,nothing more than a form of censorship aimed at legitimizing the current government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

He left his post after more than 10 weeks of fruitless attempts to form a coalition government.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to form a compromise among Democrats about whether health reform legislation should include an option for government-run insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

Mr.Hariri's inability to form a unified government led him to call it quits.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"Labor can't form a majority government - they're too far behind.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

"Even when we know the result of the election, we may not know what the result is in terms of government -- who will successfully make a deal with who to form what sort of government."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"Because these groups see the federal government as the primary enemy, and the government today has a face that is black in the form of President Obama, that has really radicalized portions of the movement.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

Mr.Ahmadinejad's assault against opposition leaders comes at a time when he is being criticized by his own supporters for using poor judgment in trying to form a new government, and while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has softened criticism of the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

The Liberal Democrats can't form a majority government on their own either and the Conservative chances of doing that, which were slim when the campaign started, have receded - they're the main victim of the surge in support for the Liberal Democrats that occurred last week."

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

With the impasse unlikely to be resolved before the end of this month, when U.S.troops will drop to their lowest levels in Iraq since the war began in 2003, the U.N.Security Council pressed the legislators to work through their differences in "the national interest" and form "as quickly as possible, a government that is inclusive and represents the will of the Iraqi people."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04