Word: rebellion
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...Islamic revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran, and by implication threatened conservative Muslim regimes everywhere. At home, a fanatical band of orthodox Muslims seized the Sacred Mosque at Mecca and occupied it for two weeks before Saudi armed forces could dislodge them. It was an act of rebellion and sacrilege unparalleled in the nation's 50-year existence. Finally a shooting war broke out between Iraq and Iran, further fracturing Islamic loyalties and threatening the region's stability...
Venezuela, one of the few democratic countries in Latin America, and an early supporter of the Nicaraguan rebellion, has denounced the El Salvadoran left, and supports the centrist regime. Mexico, too, has shied away from its early support of the guerrillas as their nature and backing became clear...
...from the U.S., Schmidt also announced a 1.75% increase in defense spending. Suddenly faced with the prospect of frozen welfare spending and cuts in foreign aid and environmental programs, some 50 leftist deputies in the normally well-disciplined 218-member Social Democratic faction in the Bundestag broke ranks. Their rebellion threatened to undermine Schmidt's 45-seat parliamentary majority...
...Salvador's history of political upheaval, rebellion and repression began to pick up a dangerous momentum early in this century. Worker unrest resulted in the creation of a National Guard in 1912, but despite this governmental edict workers' parties only grew in number and strength. It was during this period--ten years after the First World War--that Farabundo Marti formed El Salvador's Communist Party to oppose the ruling oligarchy of foreigners and El Salvadorans willing to aid their interests. In the 50-odd years since then, tension between the workers and the government has increased...
...maximum security prison of Irani in southern Italy, 70 inmates held on suspicion of terrorism had risen up in rebellion, seized 18 guards as hostages and taken over a prison wing. Their sweeping demands for exchange of the hostages included the closing of all nine of the country's maximum security prisons and the abolition of new antiterrorist laws. The demands were not met. Instead, one afternoon last week two helicopters loaded with specially trained troopers landed on the prison roof at the same instant that a squad of carabinieri on the ground blew open the prison doors...