After a purge of the intelligence services in 2004, the immigration authorities appear to have mislaid their files.
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Then, they said he had orchestrated a purge of dissidents to further political goals.
If Mr Mbeki's departure becomes an all-out purge of those close to him, this may happen.
The junta's name-change last November involved a purge of generals said to be corrupt.
There was also a purge of the local political leadership, blamed for losing public confidence.
The unexpected purge of military leaders has not reduced the importance of the military as an institution.
Even supposedly reformist members of the party are reluctant to call for a purge of their more suspect colleagues.
Experts tell China Daily that the purge of unqualified members is the party's "latest and toughest stand against corruption".
Tensions persist between regions, between Islamists and secularists, and between those demanding a purge of former officials and those counselling pragmatic accommodation.
He has recently announced a purge of disappointing firms and sleepy bosses.
The legal counsel for Florida's county election officials recommended halting the purge of names until the state responded to the federal government's legal assessment.
Meanwhile, according to several current and former members of his staff, he himself is carrying out a purge of opposition supporters in his office.
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The large number of soldiers is also the only way to ensure a purge of the Baath Party, which is a hindrance to security and governance.
Next stop: the Temple and the remains of some Knights Templar lucky enough to die before the Templar purge of the 14th century arrests ordered by Edward II.
Can it continue its purge of moderates (i.e. those Republicans who talk to Democrats), and still enable hardliners with little or no appeal in a general election?
NATO's aircraft revved up their engines, the Yugoslav leader's first moves were to complete a purge of the security forces, and silence the voices of domestic opposition.
Picking an outsider, analysts say, could send a strong message that Pope Francis is determined to mount a purge of the insiders who have long dominated Curia ranks.
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The most hair-raising, perhaps, is a purge of supposed felons from the voter rolls that denied political rights to thousands of innocent citizens, most of whom were African-American.
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In the Duma, members of United Russia worry that their vote to expel Mr Gudkov might lead to a broader purge of Duma representatives who have commercial interests.
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Stalin had assured this Soviet control, he believed, by the purge of the initial Czechoslovak communist leadership including the execution of many of the top leaders who had helped the communist party take power.
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Stalin had assured this Soviet control, he believed, by the purge of the initial Czechoslovak communist leadership -- including the execution of many of the top leaders who had helped the communist party take power.
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In the separate scandal known as Travelgate -- the 1993 purge of White House travel office employees -- a newly released memo seems to show Hillary Clinton more deeply involved than she had said earlier.
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Mr Suharto's Indonesia is, perhaps, a fitting place to try to stop them tumbling: one of the last cold-war regimes, founded in a purge of communists and backed by an America at war with Vietnam.
They were among a slew of Islamist groups who wrote to Brennan in October 2011 to demand a purge of information about Islamist ideology that was being used to train U.S. intelligence and law-enforcement agents.
As for Obama, as the Kagans and Sullivan show, the administration abjectly refused to intervene when Maliki stole the elections or to defend US allies in the Iraqi military from Maliki's pro-Iranian purge of the general officer corps.
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After a small number of materials in FBI training manuals and libraries were found to be excessively negative in describing Islam as a religion and Muslims as a people, Islamist groups demanded a purge of anything they considered offensive.
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By contrast, in an effort to call to a halt to the rumbling scandal started by questions over the heritage of New Zealander Brett Sinkinson, Wales have carried out a purge of their overseas stars, most significantly former All Black Shane Howarth.
It is fair to say that the Democrats deserve credit for pushing the necessary purge of Colombia's forces, eliminating officers with ties to the right wing paramilitary, but the important human rights "score points" at home might come at a high cost, alienating the closest U.S. ally in the Andean region.
While we educate the best talent from the four corners of the world, we have forgotten to keep the pick of the litter in the United States to develop economic prosperity and instead have contributed to the purge of technical talent back to where it came from by holding back work visas and making residency nearly impossible.
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This having been said, it is much more important to the future of the country that the Republicans purge themselves of their residual belief in Keynesianism and move forward with what works, which is supply-side economics.
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