21.   With the tight inner ring of relatives fast peeling away, a palace coup of this sort could be on the cards.

22.   He went to an Italian island to visit the thermal baths, and in his absence, a cousin staged a palace coup and declared himself president.

23.   Korzhakov claimed Friday that Yeltsin had fallen victim to a virtual palace coup hatched in the heat of the presidential race.

24.   Qatar has been in political chaos since June, when Crown Prince Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani overthrew his father in bloodless palace coup.

25.   Samaranch dismissed recent published reports that senior members of the IOC administration have been trying to oust him in a palace coup.

26.   Sheik Khalifa was deposed and replaced by his son, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, in a bloodless palace coup in June last year.

27.   Sheik Hamad came to the throne in the Gulf state of Qatar in June last year after ousting his father in a bloodless palace coup.

28.   The former emir was ousted by his son Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani in a bloodless palace coup last June.

29.   Thus, fomenting a palace coup is regarded as unlikely.

30.   This could include propaganda and targeted economic disruption aimed at increasing dissatisfaction with his regime, or direct action aimed at fomenting a palace coup against the dictator.