Belgium Breaks Record for Longest Time Without Government - Yahoo! News: "Belgium has notched up some eclectic world records over the past year. Last April, the heaviest cheese sculpture - made with 2,330 lb. (1,059 kg) of Gouda - was carved in the coastal resort of Ostend. In July, a barman in the northern town of Hamme spent a record 102 straight hours serving beer in his cafÉ. And in August, in Ostend again, 2,875 people broke the record for group Hula-Hooping. However, this week saw what is probably the most dubious of the lot: Belgium broke the record for the world's longest wait for a government.
On Feb. 17, the country hit 249 days without a government, breaking a record set last November by Iraq. A caretaker government has been running Belgium since elections on June 13, but despite countless negotiations among the fragmented political parties, the nation's leaders are not even close to an agreement on a new coalition."
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