There, a putsch led by Bob Denard, a veteran mercenary, was put down by French troops.

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But the latest Kremlin-backed management putsch at Gazprom, the country's largest company, has made things look different.

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Chiefs from Fiji's tiny island of Bau, stalwart backers of the putsch, presided majestically over the ceremonies.

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The common sense of senior Tories should spare Mr Bercow from a putsch but he will be watched more closely than any recent speaker.

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Recently, the head of that 1991 putsch, retired general Sunthorn Kongsompong, remarked that if the PM were someone other than former army chief Chavalit, the military might have seized power by now.

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On the subject of Cambodia's ASEAN membership, which was put off a year ago after Co-Premier Hun Sen executed a putsch against his partner, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, there seemed unanimous agreement: Membership would be granted by the end of the year.

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Ethnic-Fijian aspirants living on the fringes of Suva, praying for an escape from the tedium of village life, saw in Mr Speight's putsch the promise of patronage and the chance to get rich in a state run by their own kind.

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