31.   Eight military officers and six civilians suspected of plotting a counter-coup against the three-week-old ruling junta were detained and thrown into a maximum-security jail Monday.

32.   Four armored personnel carriers loaded with soldiers were guarding the home of Gen. Than Shwe, the leader of the ruling junta.

33.   Four senior military officers suspected of plotting a counter-coup against the three-week-old ruling junta were detained and thrown into a maximum-security jail Monday.

34.   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.

35.   He did not disclose the names of the military co-conspirators and dismissed rumors of any conflicts among the top three leaders of the ruling military junta.

36.   In an Armed Forces day speech, Gen. Than Shwe, chairman of the ruling junta, also called for a military buildup.

37.   In Rangoon, the ruling junta spokesman rejected the accusation.

38.   In October, the ruling military junta bowed to diplomatic pressure and signed a cease-fire accord that was to return President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah to power by April.

39.   Instead, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar took the helm of the nation, and has been consolidating his power among the ruling junta since then.

40.   It said he was accompanied by several members of his ruling junta on the trip.