Word: oust
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...Prime Minister Hun Sen is a man used to getting what he wants. When he lost the country's first post-war elections in 1993, he rejected the results and insisted on being named co-Prime Minister. When that partnership with Prince Norodom Ranariddh didn't work out, he ousted the prince in a blood-soaked coup in 1997 and won the next round of elections a year later. Last week, Hun Sen received a far more orderly mandate in elections that were deemed the cleanest and most peaceful yet, though still marred by intimidation and vote-buying...
...positions on Harare's street corners just to make sure - business ground to a halt. Faced with its worst economic meltdown since independence, the government printed "emergency" money. The clampdown seemed to be working; opposition leaders said further protests would force Mugabe "to the negotiating table" rather than oust him. - By Simon Robinson See Also: Zimbabwe in TIME Terror Suspects Held FRANCE AND BELGIUM Police said arrests in Paris and Deinze could be important breakthroughs in the war on terror. French police arrested two men with alleged ties to the Hamburg al-Qaeda cell responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Moroccan...
Though the decision to oust Lewis and terminate his deanship may have seemed sudden, the idea of restructuring is hardly novel...
...police officer should be allowed to carry a ventriloquist's dummy. So over the past few months, while Governor Gray Davis has battled with the legislature over the state's deepening fiscal crisis, he has paid little heed to the underground rumble of a loosely organized effort to oust him from office...
...people don't feel the goal of freedom was reason enough to oust a murderous tyrant, then their reasons for opposing the conflict are far more appalling than the motives they claim that President Bush had for invading Iraq. MIGUEL A. GUANIPA Whitinsville, Mass...