1.   In a meeting, Mrs Aquino said the rebels had a started a disinformation campaign to weaken her government.

2.   Since the Conservatives came to power they have considerably weakened local government and greater centralisation has been the consequence.

3.   The centralization from above, and Decentralization to Markets and consumers below, has weakened local government.

4.   First, the conventional view is that globalization weakens governments, because it forces them to compete for private investment.

5.   -Famine in North Korea weakens the government and tensions grow with South Korea after a request is made for substantial economic aid and land concessions.

6.   In April, federal and state authorities began a campaign to crush or weaken these governments, like the one in Taniperla.

7.   It could also see his coalition government weakened or even ejected from power.

8.   Some of the same organizations had joined efforts in November to defeat legislation some feared would weaken local governments.

9.   Term limits are a bad idea that weaken representative government.

10.   The movement toward Shariah is considered by many to be politically inspired, intended to weaken the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, a Christian.