Although their flight effectively did Bosnia's fledgling government a favor, official hatred of these refugees is still preached.

It is a grim portrait of this fledgling government coming face to face with its constituents.

To help the fledgling government, Western nations contributed weapons.

Officials said the fledgling government of Libya could benefit from Qatar's experience in establishing justice, law and order.

The fledgling government requested support from the international community on combating the Islamic militants.

Some Palestinians say the fledgling government should be given credit for at least recognizing a problem ignored in most Arab states.

The fledgling government badly miscalculated the number of legislators who would abstain, they said.

The issues are many and complicated, but the fledgling government here estimates that only one-third of the $1.8 billion pledged this year has reached Afghanistan.

But officials said the fledgling government needed more help, particularly for training its weak security forces and its equally weak federal bureaucracy.

Many prisoners could ultimately be tried by the fledgling government that takes control in Kabul on Dec. 22.