A government is a body that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group. In its broadest sense, "to govern" means to administer or supervise, whether over a state, a set group of people, or a collection of assets.

The word government is derived from the Greek Κυβερνήτης (kyvernites), which means "steersman", "governor", "pilot" or "rudder".

Typically, "the government" refers to the executive function. In many countries (particularly those having parliamentary systems), the Government refers to the executive branch of government or a specifically named executive, i.e. the Blair Government (compare to the administration as in the Clinton administration in U.S. usage). The Welsh Assembly Government is the name of the executive branch of Wales, and Scottish Government is the unofficial term to describe the Scottish Executive. In countries using the Westminster system, the party in government will also usually control the legislature.

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Mercedes-Benz China recalls vehicles for software coding mistakes
Mercedes-Benz China has decided to recall vehicles that might be given incorrect software calibration number (SCN) coding in recent visit to workshops. The error could cause various problems in different automobile models. It might disable fuel pump's reaction to car crash, when it was designed to cut off fuel supply. Other problems include ineffective speed limit and fuel meter mistakes. The recall involves 22 vehicles in China, including R-Class, SLK-Class, GL-Class, C-Class, C ...
Full text of Chinese President's toast at welcoming luncheon of Beijing Paralympics
&$ &$Chinese President Hu Jintao proposes a toast during a welcoming luncheon at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Sept. 6, 2008. President Hu Jintao and his wife Liu Yongqing held a welcoming luncheon here on Saturday for dignitaries and their spouses who will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games, scheduled for Saturday night.(Xinhua Photo/Pang Xinglei)&$&$ The following is the full t ...
Chinese president meets Iranian counterpart
Chinese President Hu Jintao met on Saturday with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is here to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games, scheduled for Saturday night. Hu first extended a warm welcome to Ahmadinejad and thanked Iran for its support to the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics. "I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you and other Iranian leaders for the assistance your government provided for theChinese people affected by the May 12 ...
China's top court upholds 5-year jail sentence to man over ATM windfall
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) upheld a 5-year jail term meted out by a local court in southern Guangdong Province to a young man who illegally withdrew 175,000 yuan from an ATM. The SPC's ruling meant the five-year prison term for Xu Ting, who took 175,000 yuan (about 25,500 U.S. dollars) from a faulty ATM in Guangdong in April 2006, has already come into force. Zhang Xinqiang, Xu's lawyer, received the SPC's ruling document from the Intermediate People's Court of Guangzho ...
13 trapped in north China mine blast
Thirteen people were trapped after a coal mine blast in north China's Hebei Province, police confirmed on Saturday. An explosion occurred at around 3 a.m. Friday in a mine which had stopped production in Guye District, Tangshan City, trapping nine maintenance staff, the Tangshan City police said. The mine owner then organized four people to enter the mine for rescue operation, but they also went missing, the police said. Rescue work is still under way. The cause o ...
China launches two natural disaster monitoring satellites
China launched two satellites for monitoring ecological environment and natural disasters at around 11:25 a.m. here Saturday. The two satellites, launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province and carried by a Long March 2C rocket, were expected to enhance the country's capacity to forecast natural disasters, according to Bai Zhaoguang, a leading scientist and designer of the satellites. Under the name "Environment 1", the two satellites were the first of it ...

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