putsch

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The military appointed General Horta N'Tam, the army's chief of staff, as the country's new leader for a transition period of one year after Wednesday's putsch.

From Barron's

The botched putsch dramatically weakened Gorbachev, making Yeltsin the No. 1 political figure and hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union four months later.

From Seattle Times

The putsch began when several of Gorbachev’s top lieutenants arrived at his Black Sea vacation home on Aug. 18 to urge him to impose a nationwide state of emergency.

From Seattle Times

Since the Feb. 1 putsch, at least 940 people have died at the hands of Myanmar’s security forces, according to a tally kept by a monitoring group that closely tracks the killings.

From New York Times

Ankara outlawed Bylock in the aftermath of the coup, saying Gulen's followers had used it to communicate on the night of the putsch when a group of rogue soldiers attempted to overthrow the government.

From Reuters