Word: rebels
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Wales. In the reshuffle, which followed the resignation of Health Secretary Alan Milburn, the number of Cabinet posts was reduced from 23 to 21. Rocky Road to Peace AFRICA Tensions remained high in both Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as peace talks between the Liberian government and rebels resumed in Ghana and U.N. peacekeepers failed to halt fighting in the eastern Ituri region of Congo. The Liberian talks had started a week previously but stalled as rebel troops attacked Monrovia, and a U.N.-backed court in Sierra Leone indicted President Charles Taylor for war crimes. And in Congo...
...sense that the rule of law is taking hold and the freeing up of Iraqi society is working," Kerik tells TIME. "There are people in pockets of resistance who have lost a lot of power, and as Iraq blossoms and flourishes, these groups are going to come out and rebel. That's a clear sign of a free Iraq...
...nearby city of Mozodokin. Moscow blamed the bombing on Chechen Islamic extremists. This, the third such bombing in less than a month, came after the Kremlin-backed government in Chechnya said the situation in the province was stabilizing. Peace Talks Break Down LIBERIA President Charles Taylor remained defiant as rebel forces attacked Monrovia and peace talks between the government and rebels were postponed. Taylor was indicted for war crimes by a U.N.-backed court in neighboring Sierra Leone and charged with supporting guerrillas during the country's own brutal 10-year civil war, which ended in 2002. During peace talks...
IVORY COAST International peacekeepers arrived in the western town of Zouan-Hounien to enforce a cease-fire agreed by government and rebel forces at the beginning of May. The French and West African troops were greeted by children - some wearing women's wigs - firing AK-47s into the air. The western region has seen brutal fighting since an armed rebellion split the country in two eight months ago. Ivorian rebels, many of them children, have engaged in recent weeks in pitched battles with mercenaries from neighboring Liberia. - By Kate Davenport/Zouan-Hounien Caught on Camera BRITAIN An 18-year-old British soldier...
...another warning to those with arms to drop their weapons and come out. Then, if there are still some left in the village, we will go into the homes and conduct sweepings." This means anyone left in the villages is liable to be shot on sight as a presumed rebel...