Sentence examples for government crumbled from inspiring English sources

In the end, he fled to Niger as his father's government crumbled.

His government crumbled later that year after Vladimiro Montesinos, the head of the secret police and one of his closest advisers, was found to have bribed a congressman.

Three more cabinet ministers resigned today as Turkey's coalition government crumbled further, but Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit filled some of the vacant posts, resisting pressure to step down.

Mr. Poiré said Saadi el-Qaddafi, who fled to Niger in September as his father's government crumbled, as well as his family were to receive false documents identifying them as Mexican.

As the authority of the central government crumbled in 1990 91, many state and collective farms gained de facto control over their own affairs, though few used this to any distinct advantage.

But today was only a tentative victory, and a reminder of the huge job ahead for the Somalis, whose last government crumbled in civil war when the long-time dictator, Muhammad Siad Barre, fell from power in 1991.

Soldiers for a government crumbling but still forceful had taken me and three fellow journalists captive at a makeshift checkpoint.

With violence continuing and his government crumbling, Prime Minister Ehud Barak reopened Parliament after a recess, urging unity in a time of crisis.

Six months later, back in Baie Sprie, he and his family huddled around a television set and watched the Ceaucescu government crumble.

With Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government crumbling, legislators moved to disband Parliament in a preliminary vote on Monday, with a final vote expected any day now.

On the single issue that most enrages the public – bankers' bonuses – there's been precious little reform, with the government crumbling in the face of threats by institutions to shift investment elsewhere in the world.