Word: rebellion
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Neither did Eduard Shevardnadze, the courtly head of state who has been struggling to hold Georgia together since he took office last year. The intervening 18 months have taxed the talents of the consummate diplomat with a series of crippling crises: economic collapse, political chicanery, ethnic rebellion and even a guerrilla-style insurgency waged by the country's former President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, whose lust for power remains undampened by the popular coup that deposed him nearly two years ago. The revolt in Abkhazia, where a small minority of ethnic separatists want an independent state, has put the fate of Georgia...
...believe that there will be rebellion. Israel is a democracy. There might be expressions of opposition, but I believe that whatever the government and Knesset approve will be carried...
...What about rebellion against the Palestinian authorities...
...aside the protests of hard-liners on both sides, Israel recognized the P.L.O. as the representative of the Palestinian people and the P.L.O. recognized Israel's right to exist unmolested. Yasser Arafat also suggested that Palestinian residents of the occupied territories end their nearly six- year-long anti-Israeli rebellion. Other long-standing Middle East stalemates began to budge as well: Jordan was poised to conclude an "agenda for peace" with Israel as soon as a P.L.O. deal for self-rule was signed. Following Israel's lead, the U.S. will also begin direct talks with the P.L.O...
Trade-Pact Rebellion...