It is not necessary that the conspirators be involved in all stages of planning or be aware of all details.

Webs of intrigue and murky players obscure details, but the priorities are unmistakeable.

A dawn raid and the cooperation of one conspirator through a leniency programme produced the incriminating evidence.

The conspiracy, known as the Rye House Plot, backfired upon its conspirators and provoked a wave of sympathy for the King and James.

And as the government claimed to have rolled back the coup plotters and regained full control, more and more Turks reached the conclusion that despite the vastly ambitious Erdogan's penchant for provocative politics, there had, in fact, been a coup attempt in their country.

Second, terrorist cells, such as the co conspirators on 11 September 2001, have held assets such as bank accounts in common for ease of transferring money.

The prosecutors have shown little interest in these discrepancies, doing their best to send the alleged conspirators to jail (and keep them there) even before the trial starts.

What have they ever given us in return? fulminates John Cleese, playing a Judean revolutionary. The aqueduct, concedes a sheepish co conspirator.

A few weeks of rain in Australia has emboldened those who think that global warming is a gigantic hoax perpetrated by the United Nations or conspiring scientists or maybe men from Mars.

India s refusal to talk to Pakistan did contribute, together with Western (especially American) diplomatic efforts, to securing some initial Pakistani cooperation, including the arrest of Lashkar e Taiba operative Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi and six of his co conspirators.

Nor does a global solution to the challenge of climate change appear any closer. A few weeks of rain in Australia has emboldened those who think that global warming is a gigantic hoax perpetrated by the United Nations or conspiring scientists or maybe men from Mars.