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When news of the failed coup attempt spread through Washington, the reaction was disbelief.
The president appeared initially unable to reach television studios as reports of the coup first spread and the military appeared on the streets.
The post-coup crackdown spreads beyond the military as Turkish media reported that 2,745 judges have been removed from duty.
The resistance to the coup will likely spread to the entire country.
Kevin Rudd, Australia's prime minister, gave warning that Fiji might spread its "coup culture" across the Pacific.
As the night wore on rumours of a coup instead began to spread and military planes flew low overhead.
Matt Le Tissier confesses, in his autobiography, to trying to land a spread betting coup by kicking the ball out early in a game, and football's masses smile and say: "Bet that happens all the time".
09 24: A spokesman for Burundi's President, Pierre Nkurunziza, tells the BBC's Great Lakes service that rumours of a coup were unfounded and spread over Twitter.
