1.   President Vaclav Havel can appoint Klaus premier and ask him to form the government.

2.   Along with disbanding parliament, Yeltsin would have had the right to simply appoint a premier, and his choice would presumably have been Kiriyenko.

3.   Former economics minister appointed premier.

4.   He suggested that if Chang did not resign, then President Chen Shui-bian, who appointed the premier, should be recalled by lawmakers.

5.   Hundreds of millions of dollars in desperately needed foreign aid is on hold, awaiting a budget that cannot be ratified until a new premier is appointed.

6.   Meanwhile, desperately needed foreign aid is on hold, awaiting a budget that cannot be ratified until a new premier is appointed.

7.   Now that the coalition has agreed on the makeup of the Cabinet, President Vaclav Havel can appoint Klaus premier and ask him to form a government.

8.   Now that the coalition has agreed on the makeup of the Cabinet, President Vaclav Havel can appoint Klaus premier and ask him to form the government.

9.   Politicians said Wednesday night they had settled on a system modeled after France, in which the president is popularly elected and appoints the premier.

10.   President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, whose job it is to appoint the premier and call elections, asked him to stay on as a caretaker.