And why was the miners' leader, Miron Cozma, left unchallenged for five days?

ECONOMIST: Romania

Sanford famously left the state for five days in 2009, with staffers telling the media he was out hiking the Appalachian Trail.

NPR: Trespassing Accusation Leaves Sanford On His Own

The company should have removed the meter from a house across the road, and Mr Hawthorn, who is disabled, was left without gas for five days.

BBC: British Gas mistakes revealed

Los Angeles (CNN) -- A San Diego college student filed a legal claim Wednesday for damages suffered when he was left handcuffed and without food or water in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for five days last month.

CNN: Student forgotten in cell for 5 days will sue DEA

Detectives in Luton investigating the town's second shooting in five days are looking for three men who left the scene on bicycles.

BBC: Police seek three cycling suspects in Luton shooting

He'd left that morning for a business trip and wouldn't be home for five more days.

FORBES: Going Under The Needle

Thousands of passengers were left stranded at the airport as 4, 000 flights were cancelled over five days for heavy snow before Christmas.

BBC: Heathrow airport triples snow clearance fleet