The power cuts are a "national emergency", according to Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin.
Ms Cooper said such ministerial appearances were usually only the result of a national emergency.
Mugabe's government has declared the cholera epidemic a national emergency and called on international organizations for help.
We have legislation for a great national emergency passed by the government called the Civil Contingencies Act.
Downing said last year he would not have returned to service unless there was a national emergency.
And he will need to prove that he can manage a national emergency without being distracted by politics.
On Saturday United States president Barack Obama declared swine flu a national emergency.
But also, in the case of not being responsive to a national emergency.
Mr Passos Coelho has used the phrase "national emergency" to describe Portugal's situation.
Four people were killed, the National Emergency Operations Center in Jamaica said, and the storm downed trees and damaged houses.
The Daily Express describes youth unemployment as a national emergency with many jobless young people let down by "sub-standard schooling".
Executive Order 13570, and the measures taken to deal with that national emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2012.
In a statement to the nation on Sunday evening, Mr Passos Coelho repeatedly used the phrase "national emergency" to describe Portugal's situation.
They argued that amid a national emergency, when their male guardians might not be available, Saudi women must be permitted to drive.
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Obama has a trump card and can declare a national emergency to pay debt and I think the electorate would be behind him.
President Clinton declared a national emergency to provide authority for Coast Guard cutters armed with mounted machine guns to defend the flotilla if necessary.
ONEMI, the Chilean National Emergency Office, has been in close contact with the seismologists, trying to prepare for a future earthquake that could strike anytime.
If they are unable to provide this, governments would call a national emergency, forcing gas suppliers in neighbouring countries to step in to assist demand.
The government has earmarked 25bn roubles for the national emergency effort.
For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor.
As I write this, I am still at the National Emergency Training Center in Maryland, which is enough to make me see disaster hiding around every corner.
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Because the Export Administration Act has not been renewed by the Congress, the national emergency declared on August 17, 2001, must continue in effect beyond August 17, 2012.
To deal with this national emergency, Executive Order 13338 authorized the blocking of property of certain persons and prohibited the exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria.
These comments suggest a true national emergency in the making.
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The country's national emergency authorities also put in place a tsunami alert for the coastal area near where the earthquakes hit, and authorities ordered evacuations of some coastal areas.
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To complicate matters, only 77% of 911 call centers are in compliance with the wireless locating technology, according to the National Emergency Number Association, a public safety industry group.
Accordingly, the national emergency declared on June 16, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 16, 2012.
Therefore, the national emergency declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond August 1, 2012.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans.
The answer is that in a national emergency, almost anything is possible: leave can be cancelled, reservists called up, garrisons in odd places like Brunei and Gibraltar closed down.
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