1.   Co-Premier Hun Sen staged a weekend coup against his rival leader, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, that left thousands of foreigners caught in the turmoil.

2.   Heading north to meet them were troops aligned with Second Premier Hun Sen, who launched the weekend coup against Ranariddh that tore apart the capital with fighting.

3.   His plea came as Cambodia slid toward civil war following a weekend coup by Second Premier Hun Sen that ousted his rival co-premier, Prince Norodom Ranariddh.

4.   Hun Sen and Ranariddh shared power in an uneasy coalition government until a weekend coup threw the country into turmoil.

5.   Hun Sen grabbed it all for himself in a bloody weekend coup, ousting his rival and co-premier, Prince Norodom Ranariddh.

6.   Hun Sen insists First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh chose to leave Cambodia and was not deposed in a weekend coup earlier this month.

7.   Hun Sen grabbed control of Cambodia in a coup last weekend while Ranariddh was in Paris.

8.   Several hundred fully armed Nigerian troops came ashore Wednesday to back the ousted government in its battle to regain control from mutinous soldiers who staged a weekend coup.

9.   Southeast Asian foreign ministers decided Thursday to indefinitely postpone the entry of Cambodia into a regional trade group following a weekend coup, officials said.

10.   Southeast Asian foreign ministers decided Thursday to indefinitely postpone the entry of Cambodia into a regional trade group following a weekend coup.