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coup d'état
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coup d'état

 or coup

(French: “stroke of state”) Sudden overthrow, often violent, of an existing government by a group of conspirators. Coups are most common in countries with unstable governments and in countries with little experience of successful democracy. Their success depends on surprise and speed. Coups rarely alter a nation's fundamental social and economic policies or significantly redistribute power. See also military government, revolution.
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Boro were a point off the top when the Scot took over the Riverside reigns but they slipped down to tenth in the cutthroat Championship table after being toppled in a Palace coup on Saturday.
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The second half Palace coup means Boro have now suffered six defeats in all so far and two on the bounce under the new gaffer as any feelgood factor from a dug-out change has dissolved quickly without a discernible dividend.
The maths adds up to worrying times for Boro; The BIGGER Picture by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Ben Ali, 73, is running for a fifth, five-year term, after taking power in a bloodless palace coup in 1987.
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