In the course of the Italian unification, the Austria-Este dukes were briefly ousted in 1831 and 1848, but soon returned.

Isle of Tears - An isle that is ruled by King Danton, who is briefly ousted from his position by the monstrous Gorgon.

Mr. Shapiro spoke with Mr. Carmona on Friday, the day Mr. Chávez was briefly ousted.

But the mood changed after the economic collapse in the late 1980's, and the Liberal Democratic Party was briefly ousted from power in 1993.

The visiting actors were there during those strange days in August 1991 when Mikhail Gorbachev was briefly ousted in a coup.

On Aug. 19, 1991, for example, when the Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, was briefly ousted by Russian hard-liners, the dollar surged more than 3 percent against the mark that day.

The Bahri emir Baybars al-Ala'i ruled between 1307-1310, during the reign of al-Nasir Muhammad before the latter was briefly ousted by Baibars II.

He added that those countries that criticized the arrest orders issued by a judge said little last April 11 when Mr. Chávez was briefly ousted in a failed coup.

But their denials do not appear to convince Mr. Chávez, who was briefly ousted in a 2002 coup tacitly supported by Bush administration officials.

A week after Mr. Chávez was briefly ousted, then restored, Mr. Bush said he hoped he had learned his lesson and would unify his country by protecting democratic institutions.