Within months, first Honecker and then his hand-picked successor, Egon Krenz, were swept from power.
Islamist militants were swept from Gao last month, but Jean-Yves Le Drian said clashes were continuing in the area.
Reality struck when Mr Walesa was swept from power in late 1995, to be replaced as president by a reformist ex-communist, Aleksander Kwasniewski.
In a fight against any adversary possessing halfway decent air defenses, unmanned aircraft must remain tethered to the brains of human operators or they will quickly be swept from the skies.
In 2001, when General Musharraf dumped the Taliban in favour of America, there was speculation that the switch would provoke such anger among Pakistan's Islamists that he might be swept from power.
Mr. JONATHAN LANDAY (Knight-Ridder): These attacks are continuations of the guerrilla-style war being waged by the Taliban, the radical Islamic movement that was swept from power here by the US-led intervention in 2001.
According to the report, which was compiled by more than two dozen scientists, the 2011 runaway bloom was fueled by phosphorus-laden fertilizers that were swept from corn and soybean fields during heavy rainstorms.
Sarkozy's defeat marks the latest -- and most significant -- of at least half a dozen European leaders swept from office during the eurozone economic crisis, including the Greek and Italian prime ministers.
Sarkozy's defeat marks the latest -- and most significant -- of more than half a dozen European leaders swept from office during the eurozone economic crisis, including the Greek and Italian prime ministers.
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Now that the confetti has been swept from the steps of the Washington Monument and America's 43rd president is back on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, he has a fresh dilemma to confront: what to do with all the free time.
Charlie Hutton was swept overboard from his father's rigid inflatable boat by a large wave during a family trip with two school friends on 20 July.
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Fred Weir was still handsome then, his dark hair swept back from a sharp peak in a high-templed forehead, a tall, athletic fellow with a charming grin.
Mr O, an old pro effortlessly reeling out a story or a joke, his jet black hair swept back from his forehead, holds court as the minibus races through Pyongyang.
He argued that the sea gets it iron from dust swept into the sea from the land, and that wind currents weren't carrying iron to HNLC areas.
The families weren't the only ones to experience tragedy when an extreme heat spell helped spawn a powerful line of thunderstorms that swept east from Indiana to New Jersey.
The former rebel army, now calling themselves the Republican Forces, swept down from their base in the north, arriving in Abidjan on March 31st after meeting little resistance on the way.
Millions also lost power at one point or another, many of them for several days, because of severe storms that swept east from Indiana to the Mid-Atlantic states starting on June 29.
The Taleban were accused of harbouring and sponsoring Bin Laden and his associates, who in turn were said to be propping up the Taleban regime before the military offensive swept them from power at the end of 2001.
But an accurate estimate of how many people died may not be available for some time, Imperato says, because it will require tallying up missing people, many of whom were swept away from where they died or out to sea.
Their franchise, since moving from Vancouver in 2001-02, has had a decade of heartache, from being swept in three straight playoffs from 2004 to 2006, to majority owner Michael Heisley almost selling the team a couple of years later.
But unlike the lawsuits from the mid-2000s which swept up everyone from young kids to the elderly with sometimes ruinous financial penalties and court costs the latest effort is aimed at educating casual Internet pirates and convincing them to stop.
Emmett Friars scored Newry's opener from close range on 14 minutes but Matthew Boyd swept in the equaliser from a few yards out after 56 minutes.
Ten storeys high, these wind-swept piles rise from the sea and abut steep, rocky cliffs.
Afzaal looked set for his second century for Surrey when he slog-swept successive deliveries from Michael Yardy for six and four, but he was bowled through the gate.
The visitors took a deserved lead when Lee Martin played the ball across the penalty area from the left and Drury swept the ball into the bottom corner from 20 yards.
Cassano superbly spun away from two defenders and swept in an inviting cross that allowed Balotelli to drift away from Bastuber and head home from close range.
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Everyone held on to coral or whatever they could to prevent themselves from being swept away.
The world number seven from Cairo swept to an 11-3 11-8 11-8 win against England's fourth seed Nick Matthew.
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