Al-Shabab was part of the coalition Islamic Courts Union which took power in Somalia in 2006.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it has been ready to return to the negotiating table since it took power five months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He says that is why the people started this protest, no one told them to do so, they did it themselves, and they took power without help of the political opposition.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

The new Japanese ruling party, which took power after 50 years of rule by its political opponents, ran on a platform that promised a more assertive posture toward the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

(SAYING) He says he was shocked to learn that when the Khmer Rouge took power,they emptied out the capital Phnom Penh at gun point and sent millions of people, including the old and sick, to toil in the countryside.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

He says it took a few years for Ug99 to show its destructive power.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

And,in May 2007 a new power-sharing government took over administration of Northern Ireland with bitter foes agreeing to sit together.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

No political bloc took enough seats to assume power and Western diplomats,among others, say it could be weeks,perhaps months before a ruling coalition could come together.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04