<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Coups: News &amp; Videos about Coups - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Coups</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Coups from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:40 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Coups: News &amp; Videos about Coups - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Coups</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Coups from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Paraguay's new military brass sworn in</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/05/paraguay.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/05/paraguay.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Paraguay installed new top military commanders, but President Fernando Lugo, who had ordered the change in leadership, was not present for the ceremony.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>British mercenary pardoned over Equatorial Guinea plot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/guinea.coup.pardon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/guinea.coup.pardon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been granted a presidential pardon, the country's Information Ministry said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>International court to probe killings in Guinea</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/guinea.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/guinea.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The International Criminal Court said Thursday that it will investigate the killing of nearly 160 protesters in Guinea -- allegedly by government troops.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. condemns violence in Guinea</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/30/guinea.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/30/guinea.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations Security Council has condemned political violence in Guinea that reportedly killed nearly 160 people.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Condemnation mounts after deadly Guinea political protest</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/guinea.protest.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/guinea.protest.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Amid international condemnation after security forces reportedly attacked demonstrators at a peaceful rally, reportedly killing nearly 160 people, the Guinean government said Tuesday most of the victims were crushed in the crowd.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. to Honduras: End emergency decree now</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/honduras.ousted.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/29/honduras.ousted.president/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. State Department is calling on Honduras' de facto president to immediately rescind an emergency decree that limits constitutional rights such as freedoms of expression, travel and public congregation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thais protest peacefully against military government</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of a military coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>OAS team in Honduras to push for ousted leader's return</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/24/honduras.oas.delegation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/24/honduras.oas.delegation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A delegation of foreign ministers led by the Organization of American States' secretary-general arrived Monday in Honduras in an effort to restore ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya to office.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guinea-Bissau votes for new president</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/26/guinea.bissau.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/26/guinea.bissau.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Guinea-Bissau will hold a runoff presidential election Sunday, five months after the leader of the West African nation was assassinated by a group of soldiers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aziz declares win in Mauritania vote, contender claims fraud</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/19/mauritania.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/19/mauritania.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who came to power last year after a military coup, claimed victory Sunday in Mauritania's presidential election -- though one of his main challengers claimed fraud marred the polls.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guinea-Bissau killings raise coup fears</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/05/guinea.bissau.coup.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/05/guinea.bissau.coup.plot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two high-profile political officials linked to Guinea-Bissau's recently assassinated president were killed Friday, according to a statement from the West African country's interim army chief. The killings raised fears that a military coup may be under way.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. moves to suspend aid for Madagascar</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/20/madagascar.african.union.suspension/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/20/madagascar.african.union.suspension/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States is moving to suspend all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar because it considers this week's forced departure of its president "tantamount to a coup d'etat," State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/02/guineabissau.general/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The president of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated Monday morning, a day after an explosion killed the head of the West African country's military, the prime minister said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chavez will celebrate anniversary with summit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/27/venezuela.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/27/venezuela.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will celebrate 10 years in power next week by holding a rare summit with some of his closest leftist allies in Latin America.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Interview with Samak Sundaravej</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/talkasia.samak/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/18/talkasia.samak/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thailand's new Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is the first to be democratically elected since the nation's bloodless coup in 2006. A veteran politician and former governor of Bangkok, Samak is accused of being a nominee of friend and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. As he prepares to take office, he joins Talk Asia's Dan Rivers to discuss his allegiance to his ousted predecessor, corruption, and his alleged role in the Thammasat massacre of 1976.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guinea coup leader offers safety guarantee</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/25/guinea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/25/guinea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The leader of this week's coup in Guinea assured senior officials Thursday "they are safe," a journalist with the state-run newspaper told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Protests cancel Thai parliament session</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/thailand.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/thailand.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of anti-government protesters marched on Thailand's Parliament Monday morning, causing lawmakers to postpone their session fearing violence, said House speaker Chai Chidchob.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Grenade hits protesters at Thai PM compound</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/thailand.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/thailand.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The second grenade attack in three days targeted protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's compound in Bangkok early Saturday, local officials said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassador</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/11/venezuela.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/11/venezuela.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he is recalling his own ambassador from Washington and expelling the U.S. ambassador from Venezuela.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind Chavez's Anti-US Rant</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840732,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Despite talk of a coup plot, domestic politics may have driven Venezuela's decision to expel the U.S. ambassador. But neither country can afford to break their oil ties
</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zardari sworn in as Pakistan president</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.presidential.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/pakistan.presidential.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of assassinated Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, took an oath of office as the nuclear-armed Islamic country's new president Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judges return as Pakistan prepares for polls</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/pakistan.judges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three top judges whose ousting by former President Pervez Musharraf sparked months of unrest and political fighting in Pakistan 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Government</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821567,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821567,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Just five months into his tenure as Thailand's Prime Minister, Samak Sundaravej is now fighting for his political life</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deposed Thai prime minister's trial begins</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/thailand.thaksin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/08/thailand.thaksin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The corruption trial of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra began Tuesday, almost two years after he was deposed in a military coup.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mercenary jailed for coup plot</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/07/mann.coup/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/07/mann.coup/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British mercenary Simon Mann has been jailed for 34 years for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mercenary plays down role as trial verdict looms</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/20/mann.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/20/mann.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British mercenary Simon Mann faced a possible verdict Friday in his trial on charges of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea -- a plot which Mann has testified was financed and planned by others.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mercenary points finger at Thatcher in coup 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EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Thai PM Takes Charge -- For Now</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1708090,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1708090,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Samak Sundaravej is handily elected Thailand's Prime Minister, but with a mandate that's far from secure -- and an exiled Thaksin Shinawatra waiting in the wings
</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Victory for Thailand's Ex-Leader</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698114,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698114,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The party that vowed to bring back Thaksin Shinawatra has won the first election since the 2006 coup that ousted him
</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Polls open in Thailand's first post-coup election</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/thailand.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/22/thailand.election/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Polls opened Sunday in Thailand's first national election after a military coup, with loyalists of deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expected to capture the most votes, The Associated Press reported.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand's PM Proxy: Samak</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696912,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696912,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Samak Sundaravej is running for Prime Minister with one campaign promise: to bring back his ousted predecessor, Thaksin Shinawatra</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuelans protest, as vote nears</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/29/venezuela.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/29/venezuela.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One day after demonstrators thronged the Venezuelan capital's main thoroughfare to express their opposition to Sunday's referendum on changes to the constitution, supporters of President Hugo Chavez plan to hold their own demonstrations on Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Manila hotel siege: Rebels surrender</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/philippines.hotel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/philippines.hotel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Dramatically played out on live television, an opposition politician and rebel military officers surrendered to government forces after taking over a luxury hotel in Manila.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shots fired around besieged Manila hotel</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/philippines.coupsuspects/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/philippines.coupsuspects/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Several military officers defied a deadline to surrender after storming out of their coup trial Thursday, taking over an upscale hotel and demanding that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Top former general breaks with Chavez over constitutional changes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/05/venezuela.constitution/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/05/venezuela.constitution/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An ex-general who helped President Hugo Chavez through an abortive coup against his leadership in 2002 publically broke with the president Monday over proposed constitutional changes.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Undermining Democracy in the Middle East</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661205,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661205,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The failed "liberation" of Iraq may have ramifications beyond the country's borders: It may be just the pretext Turkey's military needs to stage a coup </description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand general election date set</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/thailand.election.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/thailand.election.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Monday his interim government agrees the next general election should be held on December 23. If carried out, it will be the first vote since last year's coup toppled the government.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian president rips Hamas' 'bloody coup'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/20/gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/20/gaza/index.html</guid><description>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday denounced Hamas leaders as "traitors," blaming them for planning their "bloody coup" in Gaza while participating in a unity government.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Confronting the Military in Thailand</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1631407,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1631407,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Protesters march for democracy and raise fears about how the junta will react</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Chavez Stifling the Media?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626151,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626151,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Protesters take to the streets after the Venezuelan leader denies a broacast license to an opposition TV network</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistani court suspends inquiry</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.judicial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/pakistan.judicial/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan's Supreme Court has suspended a judicial inquiry into misconduct charges against Iftikhar Chaudhry, the country's top judge.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thaksin confirms approach to City</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/05/01/england.mancity/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/football/05/01/england.mancity/index.html</guid><description>Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed on Tuesday that he has approached Manchester City about a possible takeover bid for the English Premier League club.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 10:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge quits over Pakistan furore</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/pakistan.justice/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/pakistan.justice/index.html</guid><description>A Pakistani Superior Court judge resigned Monday to protest President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry earlier this month, according to court sources and the judge's staff.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan bans program over sacking of chief justice</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/pakistan.justice/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/pakistan.justice/index.html</guid><description>The Pakistani government Thursday banned a leading prime-time television program because of negative coverage of President Pervez Musharraf's fight with Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, senior government sources told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pinochet grips Chile beyond the grave</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/11/pinochet.legacy/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/11/pinochet.legacy/index.html</guid><description>In death as in life, the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died on Sunday at the age of 91, continues to hold a grip on his country's consciousness.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fiji: Trouble in paradise, once again</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/29/fiji/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/29/fiji/index.html</guid><description>Fringed by palms, lapped by warm water and surrounded by pristine coral reefs, the 300 islands that make up the Fijian archipelago are the very picture of paradise.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fiji timeline of political events</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.timeline/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.timeline/index.html</guid><description>Following is a timeline of significant political developments in Fiji since it gained independence from Britain in 1970.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bouquets for a coup d'etat</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/16/8390330/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/16/8390330/index.htm</guid><description>If there's such a thing as the right way to topple a democratically elected government, then Thailand's generals might be just the strongmen to teach that lesson. After they moved against Prime Min... </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deposed Thai PM quits party role</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/thailand.thaksin/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/thailand.thaksin/index.html</guid><description>Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced his resignation from his ruling Thai Rak Thai party Tuesday, two weeks after military officers seized power from him in a bloodless coup d'etat.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai junta picks prime minister</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/29/thailand.leader/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/29/thailand.leader/index.html</guid><description>Thailand's ruling military junta, which seized power in a bloodless coup 10 days ago, has chosen a new prime minister for the interim government, but has not yet officially released the new leader's name.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai banker 'favored as next PM'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/thailand.coup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/thailand.coup/index.html</guid><description>In the wake of this week's military coup in Thailand, former central bank Governor Chatumongol Sonakul is favored to become the country's interim civilian leader, The Bangkok Post newspaper said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Purges under way in Thailand</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/thailand.coup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/22/thailand.coup/index.html</guid><description>Thailand's military coup leaders began on Friday probing alleged corruption under ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shinawatra and sacked police officials tied to the former prime minister.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai army detains 4 former government ministers </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/thailand.coup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/21/thailand.coup/index.html</guid><description>Thailand's military has banned political activity and detained four top members from the administration of Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a bloodless military coup this week.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand's king gives blessing to coup</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup.king/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup.king/index.html</guid><description>Thailand's long-reigning king endorsed the bloodless military coup that ousted the country's prime minister, according to a televised statement, and the general who seized power promised to restore civilian rule within a year.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How the military lost its grip on government</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/20/tbr.peoplepower/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/20/tbr.peoplepower/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- Images of tanks rolling through the streets of Bangkok and demonstrators storming television stations in Budapest seemed to hark back to an era the world had left behind.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The insider's guide to ... the Thai coup</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/insider.thaicoup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/insider.thaicoup/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- Everything you ought to know about the military takeover in Bangkok.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thailand coup leader vows new PM in weeks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup/index.html</guid><description>Thailand's military coup leader has pledged to choose a new prime minister within two weeks and return power to the people as soon as possible.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thai coup attempt: Your e-mails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.feedback/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.feedback/index.html</guid><description>CNN is appealing for eyewitness reports from people in Thailand watching the apparent coup attempt unfold.  The following is a selection of your replies, some of which have been edited.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Then &amp;amp; Now: Corazon Aquino</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/19/cnn25.aquino.tan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/19/cnn25.aquino.tan/index.html</guid><description>In 1986, Corazon Aquino, a self-professed housewife and mother, became an international symbol for non-violent political resistance when she became the first woman president of the Philippines three years after her husband, a political opposition leader, was assassinated.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. dismisses call for Chavez's killing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/23/robertson.chavez/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/08/23/robertson.chavez/index.html</guid><description>Bush administration officials Tuesday dismissed Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson's call for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as the remarks of a private citizen, but Venezuela accused Robertson of promoting terrorism.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 05:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pinochet discharged from hospital</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/pinochet/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/pinochet/index.html</guid><description>Former Chilean leader General Augusto Pinochet has been discharged from a military hospital in Santiago after suffering what was called a minor stroke, sources close to the general said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 17:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peace deal signed in Ivory Coast </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/05/14/ivory.coast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/05/14/ivory.coast/index.html</guid><description>Government and rebel forces in the western African nation of Ivory Coast on Saturday signed a wide-ranging agreement covering disarmament, political initiatives and military reforms, a U.N. representative said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2005 18:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protesters want Musharraf to go</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/23/pakistan.protest/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/23/pakistan.protest/index.html</guid><description>U.S. flags have been set alight and thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Lahore to call for the resignation of Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuelan official hints at possible U.S. attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/02/23/venezuela.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/02/23/venezuela.attack/index.html</guid><description>A top Venezuelan official said Wednesday "insidious accusations" that President Hugo Chavez is "a negative influence and a destabilizing force for the region" could portend an attack against the country, a major oil exporter.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2005 03:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Pakistani rivals meet, vow to end dictatorship</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/pakistan.ex.rivals/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/11/pakistan.ex.rivals/index.html</guid><description>Two former Pakistani prime ministers and rivals, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, met in Saudi Arabia and agreed to work to end dictatorship in Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League sources told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thatcher guilty plea in coup 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Guinea seeks Thatcher warrant</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/28/equatorial.thatcher/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/28/equatorial.thatcher/index.html</guid><description>Equatorial Guinea said Saturday it had requested international arrest warrants for Mark Thatcher, son of the former British prime minister, and other Britons implicated in an alleged coup plot for this oil-rich African nation.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2004 11:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Mercenaries' trial: Briton guilty</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/27/zimbabwe.mercenaries/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/27/zimbabwe.mercenaries/index.html</guid><description>A court in Zimbabwe has found a Briton alleged to be the leader of 70 men accused of plotting to topple the government of the oil-rich West African country of Equatorial Guinea guilty of weapons offenses.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Coup plot': Thatcher son charged</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/26/thatcher.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/26/thatcher.arrest/index.html</guid><description>Mark Thatcher, the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has been arrested and charged in South Africa with the financing of an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kabila: Coup attempt has failed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/11/congo.coup.attempt/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/06/11/congo.coup.attempt/index.html</guid><description>The president of Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed for calm after the capital city was rocked by gunfire and tank blasts in a failed coup attempt.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congo coup attempt fails</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/11/congo.coup.attempt/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/11/congo.coup.attempt/index.html</guid><description>A coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo was thwarted after rebel soldiers briefly seized control of a government radio station in Kinshasa, Foreign Minister Antoine Ghonda told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diplomats: Coup attempt in Congo</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/03/28/congo.coup.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/03/28/congo.coup.ap/index.html</guid><description>Government forces battled attackers at military installations and television headquarters in the Congolese capital on Kinshasa Sunday in what diplomats called a coup attempt against President Joseph Kabila.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2004 14:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aristide's guest privileges pared in exile</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/06/aristide.exile/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/06/aristide.exile/index.html</guid><description>Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remained for a fourth day Friday in a gilded cage in this dilapidated capital city, unable to communicate with the outside world, his spokesman said in a telephone interview from Paris.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2004 06:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Aristide says U.S. deposed him in 'coup d'etat'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/02/aristide.claim/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/03/02/aristide.claim/index.html</guid><description>Ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he was forced out of Haiti in a "real coup d'etat" led by the United 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