Word: coups
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...with dozens of supporters. Honduras' de facto leader, Roberto Micheletti, gave Brazil's President 10 days to decide what to do with Zelaya but backed off a plan to limit news broadcasts and restrict public meetings after lawmakers objected. The U.S. and other nations have condemned the June 28 coup that forced Zelaya from office, though a U.S. diplomat blasted Zelaya's "irresponsible and foolish" return from exile before a deal was struck to resolve the crisis...
...have been given a chance to guide the destiny of the nation. I have a sacred mission not to betray the nation." - Delivering assurances after the military coup (TIME.com...
...guilty verdict in one of the corruption cases might knock Berlusconi out of office, though he has the right to appeal and try to hold on to power. Short of that, how else might all this end? Berlusconi's allies have increasingly alluded to a behind-the-scenes political coup they say is being orchestrated by a cabal of so-called poteri forti (strong powers) of Italian business and cultural élites who are allied with magistrates and foreign governments that are worried that Berlusconi has become a liability for political and economic stability. But even if there were such...
...result of military intervention in politics have bristled at perceived U.S. interference. "These are matters which have to be decided by us, the Parliament and the government of Pakistan," says opposition leader Nisar Ali Khan, of the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, deposed in a 1999 coup. "If there's external involvement, it does no good to us, our sovereignty." See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...
...doubt Thailand is fraying at the edges. On Sept. 19, two days before the PM jetted off to the U.N., more than 20,000 antigovernment demonstrators bedecked in their signature red shirts flooded the Thai capital from rural areas to mark the third anniversary of a military coup against their spiritual leader, exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The same day, nationalist yellow-clad protesters, who had helped pave Abhisit's path to power, clashed violently with villagers near the Cambodian border, where a border dispute simmers near an ancient temple complex. In the country's largely Muslim south...