1.   In the same year as he became president Saddam Hussein purged his government.

2.   Musharraf moved quickly to purge the government of potential enemies.

3.   However, there are signs the public will not accept any delays in purging the government of the Milosevic forces.

4.   Kuchma has been steadily purging his government since late May, and filling it mostly with allies from his hometown of Dnipropetrovsk.

5.   Kuchma has been steadily purging his government since late May, when he fired the former prime minister, Yevhen Marchuk.

6.   Moussa Ahmed Idriss vows to purge the government of corruption and bring true democracy to a country he says has been autocratic since independence.