Word: overthrew
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...closest advisers was behind the 2006 army coup that unseated him. That adviser, General Prem Tinsulanonda, has dismissed the charge. Thaksin and his Red Shirt cohorts have been at pains to underline that they don't think the King himself had anything to do with the putsch that overthrew one of Thailand's most popular - but also most divisive - Prime Ministers. Yet any implication of political maneuvering within the royal circle is incendiary in a nation where many practically deify the throne. One of Thaksin's lieutenants has already been charged with lèse-majesté, punishable in Thailand...
Rogers’ first test came in the bottom of the first, and the senior passed with flying colors. With Boston College junior outfielder Barry Butera stealing second, Wortzman overthrew senior second baseman Taylor Meehan. But Rogers was there to back up the play and snag the ball out of the air before it reached the outfield, saving a run in the process...
...unscathed. Harvard had survived again.The top half of the game’s final frame began with a Tiger ground out to shortstop. The next batter, Tom Boggiano, rocketed a ball down the third base line, and Douglas, the third baseman, made a great stab on it. But Douglas overthrew first base and Boggiano advanced to second. A passed ball moved Boggiano over to third base, and he scored on a triple by Connor. The Tigers then took a two-run lead when Connor scored on a sacrifice fly.But it was Stack-Babich’s game to shine...
...against Iran. "They chant the slogan of change, but no change is seen in practice," he said. "We are observing, watching and judging. If you change, we will also change our behavior. If you do not change, we will be the same nation as 30 years ago [when Iranians overthrew the U.S.-backed Shah]." (See pictures of the long shadow of the Ayatullah Khomeini...
...question. He was a founder of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) which took power in Mogadishu for a few months in 2006 after ejecting the city's long-sparring warlords. The ICU imposed strict Shari'a law and, unwisely, declared a jihad on Ethiopia, which subsequently invaded and overthrew it at the end of 2006. In addition, the ICU tolerated the presence of extreme Islamist militants, including the Somali-based al-Qaeda group that blew up U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, killing more than 200 people. (See pictures of al-Qaeda...