21.   France and Germany want the new treaty to give the EU sweeping more powers in areas currently left to national governments, including foreign affairs, defense and immigration.

22.   He began crushing the Sikh militancy, giving police sweeping powers to arrest suspects.

23.   He gave police sweeping powers, and hundreds of militants were killed amid accusations by critics of human rights abuses.

24.   He has enacted tough anti-terrorist laws, which give the police sweeping powers of arrest.

25.   He gave police sweeping powers to crush the uprising, and hundreds of militants were killed.

26.   He immediately began crushing the Sikh militancy, giving police sweeping powers to arrest suspects.

27.   He was detained along with close aides for two months under the Internal Security Act, which allows police sweeping powers of arrest and indefinite detention without charges.

28.   In a nationally televised address following the shooting, Samper granted police sweeping powers, including the right to make searches and arrests without court order.

29.   If passed, the security law would give police sweeping powers to control political meetings and search and arrest opposition activists during the campaign.

30.   It also gives police sweeping powers of search.