1.   Only in Lesotho was he personally able to reverse a coup.

2.   Efforts to reverse the coup appeared to rest on whether neighboring Nigeria could wield sufficient diplomatic pressure to avoid having to intervene militarily.

3.   Even if they managed to talk their neighbors out of using the military option to reverse the coup, the soldiers faced stubborn resistance from civilians at home.

4.   French troops sent to reverse a coup in the Comoros Islands battled mercenaries and Comorian soldiers Wednesday.

5.   Ghana warned soldiers loyal to the ruling junta Thursday not to challenge Nigerian forces seeking to reverse their coup, saying it could provoke a fierce military response.

6.   In neighboring Monrovia, Liberia, the commander of the Nigerian-led peacekeeping army trying to reverse the coup appealed Saturday for international help to accomplish the task.

7.   In London, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said military force might be the only way to reverse the coup.

8.   Last year, South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe launched a diplomatic initiative to reverse a coup in Lesotho.

9.   Mercenaries and rebel Comorian soldiers exchanged farewells Thursday, apparently sure their leader, Bob Denard, would soon surrender to French forces who had reversed his coup.

10.   Notorious mercenary Bob Denard surrendered to French soldiers Wednesday, hours after hundreds of crack troops invaded and battled his forces to reverse a coup he led last week.