Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a U. S .- led United Nations ( UN ) coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that completely removed Iraqi forces from Kuwait in four days.

Following several weeks of rest, she seemed to recover.

Following France's October 10 declaration of war, it began military operations three days later, invading the Duchy of Lorraine and besieging the imperial fortress at Kehl, across the Rhine River from Strasbourg, gaining control of both objectives in a few weeks.

* April 17 – Following several weeks of successful fighting the Khmer Republic surrenders there fore the Cambodian Civil War ends, in which the Communist party of the Khmer Rouge guerilla forces capture Phnom Penh, prompting a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starting off the infamous genocide.

Following an uprising by the ethnic Tutsi, sometimes referred to as a whole as Banyamulenge ( although this term only represents people from one area in eastern Zaire — other ethnic Tutsi Kinyarwanda-speaking people include the Banyamasisi and the Banyarutshuru, as an example ) people in eastern Zaire in October 1997, a huge movement of refugees began which brought more than 600, 000 back to Rwanda in the last two weeks of November.

Following the outbreak of the Six Day War, for example, he established an NSC Special Committee, modeled on the NSC Executive Committee that met during the Cuban Missile Crisis, to coordinate U. S. policy in the Middle East for several weeks.

Following the Sex Pistols ' break-up in 1978, Lydon spent three weeks in Jamaica with Virgin Records head Richard Branson, in which Lydon assisted Branson in scouting for emerging reggae musicians.

Following that week, the film lingered around the top 10 for 8 weeks before peaking at # 4 in its 22nd week ( the weekend after winning the Oscar ) ( increasing its weekend gross and theatre count by 306 % and nearly doubling its theatre count ) and spending 6 straight weeks in the weekend box office top 10.

Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, he and his family lived in a tent for two weeks.

Following his departure, Slash toured Japan for two weeks with Chic, and worked on the soundtrack to the film Curdled.

Following Air Canada's internal investigation, Captain Pearson was demoted for six months, and First Officer Quintal was suspended for two weeks.

Following a successful movement led by Kate Sheppard, the women's suffrage bill was adopted mere weeks before the general election of that year.

Following weeks of public rumors about a reunion of the band, an official press conference on January 31, 2007 announced that No Angels had reformed and were working on a new studio album with producers Boogieman, Tobias Gustafsson, Steve Mac, Adrian Newman, and the Redfly team.

Following several weeks of promotional appearances, No Angels entered the competition in March with Remee-and-Troelsen-produced " Disappear ", competing against all-male groups Marquess and Cinema Bizarre, and singers Tommy Reeve and Carolin Fortenbacher.

Following the settlement, it was announced that the first official release of Pidgin 2. 0. 0 was hoped to occur during the two weeks from April 8, 2007.

Following this the RNZAF worked closely with the RAAF, the US Navy and US Air Force to provide airlifts and supply drops for several weeks after the disaster.

Following the release of its debut single " Love Buzz " on Sub Pop in November 1988, Nirvana practiced for two to three weeks in preparation for recording a full-length album, even though Sub Pop had only requested for an EP.

Following its release, Lust for Blood ranked at the top of Germany's DAC for four weeks ; the album's single release, " Wound ", ranked on the DAC's singles chart for eight weeks and held the # 1 position for four weeks.

Following his arrival at Halifax, Arthur toured the country for eight weeks and made a visit in January 1870 to Washington, D. C., where he met with President Ulysses S. Grant.

Following the death of their two children at an early age and a few unsuccessful weeks spent dwelling in London, Parkes and his wife emigrated to New South Wales on an assisted passage.

Following the Virginia Tech massacre, Brown stated in an interview that he was " absolutely devastated " by the tragedy, and cried every day for two weeks.

Following surgery on November 6, he would miss 16 weeks of the season before playing his next game on February 26, 2009.

Following the pioneering example of Anthony Aveni, this allowed New World archaeoastronomers to make claims for motives which in the Old World would have been mere speculation.

Following the discovery of the planet Neptune in 1846, there was considerable speculation that another planet might exist beyond its orbit.

Following what was becoming familiar annual speculation, Clemens unexpectedly appeared in the owner's box at Yankee Stadium on May 6,, during the seventh-inning stretch in a game against the Seattle Mariners, and made a brief statement: " Thank y'all.

Following the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006, there has been much speculation and uncertainty regarding the fate of Turkmenistan's natural resources.

Following much intensified media speculation, The Stone Roses called a press conference on 18 October 2011 to announce that the band had reunited and would perform a reunion tour of the world in 2012, including three homecoming shows in Manchester.

" Following months of speculation Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams confirmed they have been recording a new studio album as a five-piece, which they will release in November.

Following Sulla's assumption of the dictatorship, Crassus amassed an enormous fortune through real estate speculation.

Following a tour of Europe and the United States, both Brown and Damiani announced they were leaving Cake, which led to speculation about the band's future ; McCrea eventually recruited Xan McCurdy to take over on guitar, and persuaded Nelson to return.

Following the war, Boone worked as a surveyor and merchant, but fell deeply into debt through failed Kentucky land speculation.

Following a lengthy period of public and media speculation as to his successor the FA announced on 4 May 2006 that Steve McClaren, Eriksson's assistant, would take over the reins after the World Cup.

Following the incorporation of the city in 1870, rapid immigration resulted in a land boom involving speculation into the late 1880s.

Following further speculation that he could start racing in the NASCAR series as early as 2006, Dennis publicly offered Montoya an early exit from his contract with McLaren-Mercedes, provided that he resigned from receiving any payout to terminate his contract.

Following months of speculation, Menem asked for his resignation on July 26, 1996.

Following Gérard Houllier's sacking as Liverpool manager, speculation about Owen's departure from the club began.

Following Real's signing of two high-profile Brazilian forwards, Robinho and Júlio Baptista in the summer of 2005, the speculation arose that Owen would return to the Premier League.

Following the reissues of Still Bill on January 28, 2003 and Just As I Am on March 8, 2005, there was speculation of previously unreleased material being issued as a new album.

Following a speech by Michael Grade about regional broadcasting post-switchover at the 2007 Nations and Regions conference in Cardiff, there was speculation that ITV West and ITV Westcountry could merge news operations, as part of further streamlining of regional operations.

Following the 2010 Belgian general election, in which the PS emerged as the largest of the Francophone parties and the second largest political party in Belgium, speculation emerged as to whether Di Rupo could be the Prime Minister in a new government.

Following his term as Secretary of the Navy, Stoddert's final years witnessed a decline in his fortunes: as Stoddert lost heavily in land speculation, Georgetown declined as a commercial center, and the Embargo and the War of 1812 brought American overseas trade to a halt.

Following intense media speculation, Kelly was finally named in the press as the source for Gilligan's story on 9 July.

Following a solid but not sensational season at Galatasaray there had been continual speculation that Kewell could be heading back home to Australia, with the Newcastle Jets reportedly a keen investor.

Following the mid year departures of other AFL senior coaches Neale Daniher, Chris Connolly and Denis Pagan, speculation mounted that Essendon would move to remove Sheedy in order to hire one of these experienced coaches or alternatively compete with the other coachless clubs for the leading candidates.

Following her retirement from federal politics, there was some speculation that she would run for the provincial Liberals in the next New Brunswick election in the riding of Kent South.

" Following years of speculation, Oklahoma City was officially granted an AHL franchise on February 10, 2010.

Following speculation about a move to the Premier League or the Scottish Premier League, Wilhelmsson signed for Bolton Wanderers on a 12-month loan, with an option to make the deal permanent after 20 games.