111.   Although the charges were never fully proven, the government started looking for a new candidate that would suit both the govering coalition parties and the opposition.

112.   Arroyo said her government will also start peace talks with the MILF, fighting for an independent Muslim state in the southern region of Mindanao, within three months.

113.   As a first step, Kim said the government should start using Chinese along with Korean and English words on street signs as an aid for tourists.

114.   As external criticism has increased, the government has started emphasizing the anti-fascist struggle.

115.   As reports of abuse increase, the Philippine government has started to reconsider the labor exports.

116.   As part of the campaign to promote secularism, the government started to purge civil servants, including dozens of teachers, with strong Islamic sympathies.

117.   At present, the government has started deportation proceedings against nine suspected war criminals.

118.   Berisha said the new government should immediately start negotiations with neighboring countries and international organizations to help restore damage caused by the unrest.

119.   Beddu said that the government started to feel the shortages of cooking oil domestically in November, as the result of the export spree.

120.   But Education Minister Burchell Whiteman said the government would start reclassifying the teaching profession in April and this would provide an opportunity to raise some of their salaries.