21.   But Chan insisted he had not been pressured into resigning by the army and rejected claims it was a bloodless coup.

22.   But in a news conference later, Chan insisted the army had not pressured him into resigning and rejected claims it was a bloodless coup.

23.   Buyoya staged a bloodless coup last July, saying only he was capable of staunching the bloodshed caused by fighting between Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-led army.

24.   Buyoya, a Tutsi, staged the bloodless coup on promises to restore peace and order to the country.

25.   Following three days of rioting in Grande Comore, Assoumane -- then army chief of staff -- seized power in a bloodless coup.

26.   He seized power in a bloodless military coup a year after Gen. Manzoor was murdered by a group of angry army officers.

27.   In a news conference later, Chan insisted the army had not pressured him into resigning and rejected claims it was a bloodless coup.

28.   In a bloodless coup, the military installed Pierre Buyoya, a retired Tutsi army major, as president.

29.   Last month, Maado Bio deposed Strasser in a bloodless coup.

30.   Last June, Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was deposed in a bloodless coup by his son.