61. Two weeks ago, after fending off rumors that a military coup might be imminent, Musharraf won a two-year extension of his appointment. 62. We trust the coup would be more genteel, destruction-wise. 63. When is a coup not a coup? 64. When there was an attempted coup four years into his rule, Doe turned even more vicious. 65. Peruvians learned that a traditional military coup is not the only way an autocrat can destroy democracy. 66. A coup is another possibility. 67. After just three days, the coup was defeated, its organizers arrested and Gorbachev freed to return to a Moscow where Yeltsin was increasingly in charge. 68. After just three days, the coup was defeated, its organizers arrested and Gorbachev freed. 69. Although the December coup was initially popular with Ivorians, many have since become disillusioned with the new regime. 70. An army officer who took over a radio station last October to declare a coup was underway has been transferred from prison to a hospital with malaria and tuberculosis. |