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Following two decades of coups, countercoups, a brief union with Egypt, and chronic political instability, Defense Minister Hafez al-Assad seized power in 1970 and ruled until his death in 2000.

Stephen Zunes: Unarmed Resistance Still Syria's Best Hope Stephen Zunes 2012

There were coups, countercoups, boycotts, journals started up to publish stuff that couldn't get published in the extant journals.

Michael Mann Exonerated EliRabett 2010

And the “Pottery Barn Rule”—“you break it, you own it”—grabbed America by the throat, with a succession of seven coups and countercoups in just the following year.

Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon Bolivar, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.

Bolivia 2009

As a consequence the then President of Ecuador was deposed and the country suffered through political convulsions that saw four heads of state installed and quickly replaced through coups or countercoups in a period of four years.

Cecilia Alvear: Martians Land in Quito 2009

BoliviaBolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.

Background 2008

Background: Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups.

Bolivia 2008

Meanwhile, various coups and countercoups roiled the political life of Iraq, including one that brought the pan-Arab socialists of the Baath Party to power for nine months in 1963.

The Accuser 2005

Meanwhile, various coups and countercoups roiled the political life of Iraq, including one that brought the pan-Arab socialists of the Baath Party to power for nine months in 1963.

The Accuser 2005

What with coups, countercoups, one-party government, and now multi-party democracy.

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