1.   But it also raises questions for the increasingly unpopular military rulers.

2.   But, at least in the short term, a new military ruler looks to be the likely outcome.

3.   General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.

4.   He also instructed those around him in these arts, and was far from being just a powerful military ruler.

5.   Mr Obasanjo was running the country on that occasion too, but as a military ruler.

6.   Unlike past military rulers, General Musharraf has neither imposed Martial law nor suppressed fundamental rights.

7.   The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler.

8.   ...the former military ruler of Lesotho.

9.   What the military rulers have done is to restore the outward appearance of order.

10.   He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent.