Meanings of attempt coups in English

Guinea Bissau has witnessed nine coups or attempted coups since 1980.

Guinea Bissau has seen nine coups or attempted coups since independence from Portugal in 1974.

There have been more coups, attempted coups, and countercoups.

Mr Annan was replying to questions about attempted coups under way in the two south Pacific nations.

The former Portuguese colony is highly unstable and has seen nine coups or attempted coups since 1980.

Starting in 1981, Samuel Doe reported the first of what he said were planned or attempted coups.

As a result, "we were caught out in attempted coups, ham-handed operations of all kinds."

Thailand has suffered 24 successful or attempted coups since 1932, so it certainly cannot be ruled out.

The Thai military has staged 18 coups or attempted coups since Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.

A GOVERNMENT backbencher has described the Libyan crisis as an internal matter and that "coups and attempted coups are commonplace in Africa".

The president, whose final term runs out in 2010, has survived three attempted coups and as many impeachment attempts amid a stream of corruption allegations.

It has played a pivotal role in a country that has seen 18 successful or attempted coups in the past 81 years.

Thailand, whose military has staged 18 successful or attempted coups since 1932, has built a patrol vessel designed by Britain's BAE Systems.

There have been more than 20 coups or attempted coups in the nation of 860,000 people since independence from France in 1975.

Since 1932, Thailand has endured 13 successful military coups as well as seven attempted coups, more than any other country in the world.

Thailand, whose military has staged 18 successful or attempted coups since 1932, has built a patrol vessel designed by Britain's BAE Systems BAES.L.