31.   Past power outages have triggered coup rumors in a country that has a recent history of military unrest and has been grappling with communist and Muslim insurgents.

32.   Power outages have triggered coup rumors in the past.

33.   She made two speeches to the military Saturday in an effort to woo their support, but the coup rumors have persisted.

34.   The country was rife with coup rumors for months.

35.   The government has been confronting street demonstrations led by labor unions and leftist student groups, and coup rumors have swept this Colorado-sized Andean nation.

36.   The government on Tuesday dismissed a new round of coup rumors.

37.   The military discounted coup rumors.

38.   The new Philippine president confronted coup rumors by telephoning a general Thursday, but her defense minister announced his resignation, alleging the national security adviser was corrupt.

39.   Those sorts of scathing comments have made politicians here jittery, and have fueled the coup rumors that have swept Ecuador for months.

40.   Turkey was rife with coup rumors at the time.