A conspiracy theory explains an event as being the result of an alleged plot by a covert group or organization or, more broadly, the idea that important political, social or economic events are the products of secret plots that are largely unknown to the general public.

In 2006 the BBC documentary The Plot Against Harold Wilson alleged that there had been another plot involving Mountbatten to oust Wilson during his second term in office ( 1974 – 76 ).

* 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D. C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.

* Jack Higgins based his book The Eagle Has Landed on alleged research into a German abduction plot in the Second World War.

Such conspiracy theories alleged that Salisbury had either actually invented the plot or allowed it to continue when his agents had already infiltrated it, for the purposes of propaganda.

Several years later, in 1661, the local government alleged that a plot was being hatched by an alliance of Blacks and Irish, one which involved cutting the throats of all the English.

After the May 9 arrest of several politicians, including veteran politician Simon Kikhounga Ngot, because of an alleged communist plot, parliamentary elections were convincingly won by Youlou.

An alleged plot to overthrow president Stevens failed in 1974 and its leaders were executed.

In his autobiography, Plummer said that Chapman was to have been a technical adviser on the film but the French authorities would not allow him in the country because he was still wanted over an alleged plot to kidnap the Sultan of Morocco.

** Four former cabinet ministers are executed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for alleged involvement in a plot to kill Mobutu Sese Seko.

Yanki ( who had four children with the Druk Gyalpo, including two sons, between 1962 – 1972 ) was the alleged force behind the plot, which was uncovered three months before the coronation ; thirty persons were arrested, including high government and police officials.

Before Henry held real power, it was alleged that there was a plot to spirit Eleanor away and deliver her to the king of France ; de Maulay was accused of the plot and fell out of favour.

Ken Follett's 2007 novel, World Without End uses the alleged murder of Edward II ( and the infamous letter ) as a plot device.

Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Pinkerton served as head of the Union Intelligence Service in 1861 – 1862 and foiled an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland, while guarding Abraham Lincoln on his way to his inauguration.

In July 1987, Labour MP Ken Livingstone used his maiden speech to raise the 1975 allegations of a former Army Press officer in Northern Ireland, Colin Wallace, who also alleged a plot to destabilise Wilson.

Sheng and the Soviets alleged a massive Trotskyist conspiracy and a " Fascist Trotskyite plot " to destroy the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Consul General Garegin Apresoff, General Ma Hushan, Ma Shaowu, Mahmud Sijan, the official leader of the Xinjiang province Huang Han-chang and Hoja-Niyaz were among the 435 alleged conspirators in the plot.

Several other captives were alleged to have played a role in this plot.

Guantanamo captive Binyam Mohammed has alleged he was subjected to extraordinary rendition, and that his confession of a role in the plot was coerced through torture.

Guantanamo military commission prosecutors continue to maintain the plot was real, and charged Binyam for his alleged role in 2008.

During the argument between the Opie and Anthony hosts and both Jones and Kyle, Kyle denied claims by Jones that he was part of a bigger plot of attempting to discredit Ventura and also suggested frustration over the attention on Kyle being focused on the alleged incident rather than on his book in general.

* At Phrada, in Drangiana, Philotas, Parmenion's son and commander of the elite Macedonian companion cavalry, is implicated in an alleged plot against Alexander's life.

This theory of origin has support from the alleged fact that the label Huguenot was first applied in France to those conspirators ( all of them aristocratic members of the Reformed Church ) involved in the Amboise plot of 1560: a foiled attempt to wrest power in France from the influential House of Guise.

The dispute revolved around copyright issues: Savant allowed the publication of extracts from his work, which included alleged excerpts from Maria's own accounts, taken from d ' Ornano's book.

The hearings revolved around McCarthy's charge that the fall of the Kuomintang regime in China had been caused by the actions of alleged Soviet spies in the State Department, and whether Sinologist Owen Lattimore was a " top Russian agent " as McCarthy claimed.

However, it is often alleged that Shamsur Rahman revolved around his own poetic formula created in the 1960s and exhausted himself in the same fashion.

One of the most notable storylines featuring Pete revolved around the paternity of his alleged son, Simon Wicks ( Nick Berry ).

In some cases, the alleged victim of human sacrifice has become venerated as a martyr, a holy figure around whom a martyr cult might arise.

In his 2009 book, titled Analytixz, Griff once again admitted the faults in his alleged 1989 statement: " To say the Jews are responsible for the majority of wickedness that went on around the globe, I would have to know about the majority of wickedness that went on around the globe, which is impossible ... I'm not the best knower — is.

The Bible also provides one of the more famous slinger stories, the battle between David and Goliath from the First Book of Samuel 17: 34-36, probably written in the 7th or 6th century BC, describing events alleged to have occurred around the 10th century BC.

Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection ( as perceived by some speakers ) of its local spoken French, and the Battle of Tours in 732.

Willkie centered his presidential campaign around three major themes: the alleged inefficiency and corruption of Roosevelt's New Deal programs, Roosevelt's attempt to win an unprecedented third term as President, and the government's alleged lack of military preparedness.

* 2009 Iranian election protests – The 2009 Iranian presidential election sparked massive protests in Iran and around the world against alleged electoral fraud and in support of defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

Moreover, during the entire conflict that centered around the peculiar customs of the Early British Church no reference is ever made to this alleged King Lucius.

Despite an alleged coup during, this was approved, and currently new elections are scheduled to be held around May, 2011.

" The Philadelphia Experiment " is the name of a naval military experiment alleged to have been carried out at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA sometime around October 28, 1943.

Several such urban legends describe Banneker's alleged activities in the Washington, D. C. area around the time that he assisted Andrew Ellicott in the federal district boundary survey.

At around the time of the alleged Churchill and Hess meeting, Whetstone may have also been the location of a Soviet spy base just a few doors down.

Their own tumultuous marriage revolves around Norma's alcoholism and alleged affairs, however, the long-term bond between them is evident in Evan's flirtatious anecdotes about Norma while playing piano at the Thanksgiving gatherings.

The suit, which made news around the world, seeks governance changes to the BAE Systems board, and efforts to redress the losses due to this alleged corruption.

In the city of Lwow, some Ukrainian police along with occupying Nazis organized two large pogroms in June – July, 1941, in which around 6, 000 Jews were murdered, in alleged retribution for the collaboration of some Jews with the Soviet regime and the large number of communists who happened to be of Jewish descent ( see The Lviv pogroms controversy ( 1941 )).

The incident made headlines around the world as it was alleged that Yeltsin was too drunk to appear although a Russian official said that Yeltsin was unwell and Yeltsin himself later stated that he had overslept.

The programme alleged that Hamilton gave a Nazi salute in Berlin while ' messing around ' on a parliamentary visit in August 1983.

After giving up his practice around 1784, Hahnemann made his living chiefly as a writer and translator, while resolving also to investigate the causes of medicine's alleged errors.

Efforts to prosecute Suharto mostly centred around alleged mismanagement of funds, and their force has been blunted due to health concerns as well as lack of support within Indonesia for attempts to prosecute him.

Traditionalists ' claims that substantive changes have taken place in Catholic teaching and practice since the Council often crystallise around the following specific alleged examples, in which others see not what Pope Benedict XVI called " discontinuity and rupture ", but what he called " renewal in the continuity of the one subject-Church which the Lord has given to us ":

The confrontations, lobbying, cajoling, and alleged bribery centered around the Windsor and Merchants hotels in St. Paul.

Her so-called " reign " lasted from around 1667, when she first danced with Louis XIV at a ball hosted by the king's younger brother, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, at the Louvre, until her alleged involvement in the notorious Affaire des Poisons in the late 1670s to 1680s.

Subsequent to Cowpland's alleged insider sale at $ 8, Corel shares hit a peak of $ 60 / share around November 1999, during the height of the Linux boom when Corel's version of Desktop Linux was seen to be a potential rival to Microsoft Windows.