41.   However, the unions argue it is a power grab that will allow the government to gut bargaining rights and slash more money from the education system.

42.   Hun Sen hoped the polls would win back his legitimacy in the international arena and aid lost after his power grab.

43.   Hun Sen denies the weekend power grab was a coup.

44.   Human rights groups and journalists expected that Hun Sen, who is seen as more authoritarian than Ranariddh, would clamp down on press freedom after his power grab.

45.   Less than a week into his bloodstained power grab, Hun Sen launched a swift manhunt for his opponents.

46.   New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff urged Fijians not to support the power grab.

47.   On Saturday, the Phnom Penh government blamed the United States which has been vocal in its denunciation of the Hun Sen power grab.

48.   Ranariddh and scores of his followers went into exile following the power grab.

49.   Ranarridh was ousted last July in a bloody power grab by Second Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has vowed to bring Pol Pot to trial.

50.   Ranariddh was ousted last July in a bloody power grab by Second Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has vowed to bring Pol Pot to trial.