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Updated 19 Jan, 2012 11:38am

Bangladesh army says it foiled coup plot

Brig. Gen. Muhammad Masud Razzaq told reporters at a news briefing Thursday that the military has specific evidence that a group of up to 16 hardline Islamic military officers — including at least two retired officers — were planning to remove the democratically elected government in a coup.

He calls their plans a "heinous conspiracy."

He says two retired officers have been arrested.

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