government :

Definitions

  • n  the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
    the government reduced taxes
  • n  the act of governing; exercising authority
    he had considerable experience of government
  • n  (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
    tyrannical government
  • n  the study of government of states and other political units
News & Articles

  • Government on offensive outside Syria's capital
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces stepped up their attack against rebel strongholds north of the capital Damascus on Saturday, while opposition fighters declared their own offensive in the country's largest city Aleppo.
    June 22, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Brazil government says to buy ranch at center of Indian land dispute
    SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal government said on Friday it would buy a former Congressman's ranch and give the land to Terena Indians in a bid to quell a violent land dispute that has plagued the country's agricultural belt for months. President Dilma Rousseff's government sent federal troops to the area in Mato Grosso do Sul state last month after an Indian was killed during a forced ...
    June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Government Officials Fight Against NSA, Ask For Better Transparency
    Government officials want the National Security Agency (NSA) to declassify more information about its national and international surveillance programs. According to several officials the NSA has served up information in a piecemeal way that has only led to an increasingly confusing picture of the program. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is among those officials who are... Read more ...
    June 21, 2013 - The Inquisitr