The general seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999.

But the demonstrations were brutally suppressed by the army, who seized power in a coup on 18 September 1988.

The party seized power in a 1978 military coup backed by Moscow.

Bokassa then seized power in a military coup in 1966.

"We are not expecting to drive into Baghdad suddenly and seize it in a coup de main."

Those are revolutionary words for a man who seized power in a coup 37 years ago.

General Doe seized power in a bloody 1980 coup.

But the Communists did seize power, in a coup in 1948.

He seized power in a bloodless coup in March 1962.

The next morning, under cover of fog, he seized the city in a coup de main.