"Kabul fell much more quickly than any of us expected, " and administration official said, adding that " we cannot have a vacuum of power ."
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We don't want to leave a vacuum of power, " said rebel justice minister Mwenze Kongolo, following the appointment of Gaetan Kakudji to the governor's post.
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After the Italian armistice, a vacuum of power opened up in National Liberation Movement took control of the south and the National Front ( Balli Komb�tar ) took control of the north.
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As a result of the failed coup the Army was purged of its top officers and a vacuum of power ensued that increased the possibilities to opposers like the 26th of July Movement.
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Under Indonesia's constitution, he was supposed to accept office before the parliament, but Suharto said this formality was being omitted to avoid " a vacuum of power ."
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Viktor Chernomyrdin may not be the ideal choice for prime minister, but at this moment of political and economic peril he would be better than the volatile vacuum of power that now exists.
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And a vacuum of power in the restive North Caucasus, with a spread of another Muslim-Slavic war to rival the former Yugoslavia, is the last thing anyone wants, including Turkey.
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"I saw that it was urgent to fill the vacuum of power that existed, so I interrupted the conversation ( with Chavez ) and told Vasquez,'We have to go ahead.
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With Yasser Arafat apparently near death, leading Palestinian politicians have moved rapidly to prevent a visible vacuum of power, reaching out to disaffected younger legislators, Palestinian militant organizations and, quietly, the Israelis.
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At a news conference called abruptly on Tuesday night, Fujimori deflected questions about Montesinos'status and whereabouts and his own relationship with the military, insisting that " there is no vacuum of power ."
