In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak rose to power following the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat.
But those growth assumptions may be overstretched if public sentiment turns against nuclear power following Japan's problems.
Governments across the world have reviewed the future of nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster, with Germany already announcing a withdrawal from nuclear energy.
Japan has few natural resources and the cost of importing fuel has increased after a backlash against nuclear power following the Fukushima nuclear disaster two years ago.
Mr. Karzai gained power following the U.S. ouster of the Taliban regime in 2001, and initially enjoyed close ties with the U.S., holding weekly videoconference calls with President George W. Bush.
Thatcher took power following Britain's "winter of discontent" of 1978-1979, in which nationwide strikes over pay by public-sector workers from gravediggers to garbage men brought an economy that had for years been growing at half the rate of its peers close to a standstill.
So-called stress tests were carried out at European power plants following the Japanese earthquake which affected the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Last Friday, Mayor Bloomberg defended New York utility ConEd after the prolonged power outages following Hurricane Sandy.
Centrica is explicit that there will be an indeterminate delay to the building of new nuclear power plants following the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
The shift in the regional power balance following Mubarak's fall has caused Fatah leaders to view their ties to the US as a strategic liability.
The BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin says the vote is something of a victory for citizen power, following organised lobbying of MEPs by ordinary people, as well as by high-profile celebrity chefs and environmentalists.
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In between all the plotting and back-stabbing, the characters blunder into a broad array of financial- and estate-planning disasters, from bad investments and messy trusts to poor business-succession plans and power struggles following health crises.
Morsy, Egypt's first democratically elected president, came to power last June following Mubarak's ouster a year earlier.
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But Rolls-Royce is withdrawing from tidal power generation, following the sale of its business to Alstom in January 2013.
The former military strongman stepped down from power in 2008 following the threat of impeachment by Pakistan's main political parties.
Faure Gnassingbe took power in 2005 following the death of their father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled Togo for 38 years.
Nigel Hart of hedge fund Reach Capital Management bought shares of French power utility Alstom following its announcement that it would acquire Spanish wind company Ecotecnia.
Four hundred houses in east Lancashire are still without heating following a power cut on Tuesday.
Got family's interests in telecom, power and financial services following bitter parting with older sibling Mukesh in 2005.
They may have the power to attract a following of other youngsters through their internet campaigns and sheer street credibility.
Mr Ouattara took power in early May following a five-month stand-off with Mr Gbagbo, who had refused to accept defeat.
He said 15 appliances were no longer working following the power surge.
But since the ascession to power of President Muluzi following Malawi's first multi-party elections in 1994, the profile of Muslims has been given more prominence.
Over recent months, the yen's weakening by about 20 percent against the U.S. dollar has helped export manufacturers but also boosted the cost of purchases of LNG and crude oil to make up for electricity shortfalls as all but two of Japan's nuclear power plants are operating following the March 2011 Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant disaster.
No other black leader has been as successful at building a national power base from a local following.
At 8:53, some of the lights inside the stadium were restored, and the power gradually returned in the following 16 minutes.
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The strange science of quantum mechanics promises a revolution in computer power as radical as that following the invention of the transistor in the 1950s.
The meeting will address the vision, strategy and analytical framework for growth and efficiency of green initiatives and the international agenda around the following initiatives: Power system transformation, energy efficiency in industry, global water demand issues, bio-refining, trade, aviation and financing.
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If there is no such legal power, adequate laws aimed at curbing such damaging activities should be legislated following proper process and legislative-executive power cooperation.
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The province's main power station at Kilroot, near Belfast, was shut down following a technical problem with generators and the other power station at Ballylumford, near Larne, was only partially working.
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