1.   An unknown factor, analysts said, is the tribulations of the ruling Conservative government.

2.   An election can be called anytime within that period by the ruling government.

3.   Franks coordinates the air strikes and the Special Forces missions against the ruling Taliban government and the facilities of suspected terrorist ring leader Osama Bin Laden.

4.   Labour leaders have demanded the ruling Conservative government refer all the bids to the MMC, and some consumer groups have protested the windfall to investors.

5.   Only four states, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, produced results that favored the ruling state governments.

6.   On Thursday, the ruling Conservative government faces a possible defeat in local government elections.

7.   Tax payments will rise as banks cut costs, according to the ruling government coalition plan.

8.   The country has to deal with fudamentalists, who have made trouble in recent years for the ruling government.

9.   The law is part of a sweeping package of tough anti-crime measures pushed through the House of Commons by the ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister John Major.