Word: coupes
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Compaore is a former minister of state and of justice. His support was crucial to the 1983 coup by Sankara...
...fifth coup since Burkina Faso, formerly called Upper Volta, became independent of France...
Sankara, an army captain, overthrew Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo on Aug. 4, 1983, with the help of Capt. Blaise Compaore, who led the coup yesterday...
Give your pajama-stagger a little pep. Redden your already blood-shot eyes. It's time for the Coca-Cola Company's latest marketing coup...
...poster-waving crowd of 3,000 supporters at a hotel in downtown Seoul, former Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil, 61, indicated that he too would seek the presidency, as the nominee of a party he would form later this month. A chief architect of the 1961 coup that brought Park Chung Hee to power, Kim Jong Pil is generally credited with forging economic policies that helped make Park's 18-year regime the crucible of a remarkable burst of development. The ex-Prime Minister said he was running in order to "take the judgment of the electorate" on the Park...