71.   Many if not all of the coup plots that sent soldiers to prison are widely thought to have been invented by Abacha as pretexts to imprison his political enemies.

72.   Meiring announced his resignation on Monday after controversy over a military report about an alleged coup plot in South Africa.

73.   Military chief resigns over coup plot.

74.   Military chief welcomes probe of report on coup plot.

75.   Military leaders in the oil-rich African country recently convicted dozens of people, including a former military leader, on charges linked to an alleged coup plot.

76.   Mugabe has also drawn criticism for the torture of two Zimbabwe journalists whose newspaper had reported a military coup plot.

77.   Most Paraguayans view government leaders as ineffective and say the unsettled conditions make the country vulnerable to political infighting and coup plots.

78.   Muttawa said Monday that Bahrain was recalling its ambassador from Tehran in response to the alleged coup plot, but would not sever ties.

79.   Njoloma, who was alleged to have been party to an abortive military coup plot, was said by prison doctors to have died of malaria.

80.   Opponents claim there was no coup plot and that Abacha was looking for an excuse to arrest critics.