1.   A coalition government was formed after inconclusive elections.

2.   EPRDF leader Meles Zenawi announced that a transitional government would be formed in consultation with other groups, pending elections.

3.   He also suggested that a government might be formed from a coalition of post-Solidarity parties which would choose their own leadership.

4.   It was expected to be months before a government could be formed.

5.   As negotiations drag on, investors just want the government formed.

6.   At risk is the LDP not winning enough votes to form a government without the help of smaller political parties, Sims said.

7.   But before a new government can be formed, the Taliban must fall, and the US-led attack on it brought to an end.

8.   But experts believe that it would move quickly in that direction if no broad government were formed.

9.   But the three most senior members said they would continue carrying out their duties until a new transitional government was formed.

10.   Experts said they believed that the legislature would move quickly in that direction if a broad government was not formed.