21.   Dissident middle-ranking army officers staged a coup attempt in April, which was foiled the same day after heavy fighting.

22.   They were met, however, by riot police, and by army officers using tanks and armoured cars.

23.   Brazilian and Colombian army officers subsequently met in the Colombian border town of Letcia to discuss joint action against the rebels.

24.   The military coup which deposed President Ramsewak Shankar in December was the culmination of months of friction between army officers and the government.

25.   Official announcements reported the surrender of senior officials of the former ruling Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party and army officers in Addis Ababa and in provincial towns.

26.   Senior army officers, however, defended the move as a necessary warning to Palestinian activists.

27.   Those killed included army officers and government officials, and many others had been imprisoned without any kind of trial.

28.   Part of the profit would go towards improving pay and conditions for army officers.

29.   Army officers described the deployment as very short-term, but stressed that they would remain as long as they were needed.

30.   Here and there sat groups of army officers in baggy trousers and boots, with enamel medals on their chests.