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...minds since we were in elementary school: The signal from Boston's Old North Church--"one if by land, two if by sea"; the midnight rides of Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott to warn the countryside that "the British are coming"; and, of course, the rebel militia at Concord North Bridge who fired at British troops after the "Shot Heard Round The World...
CONFLICT A 25-year civil war between elected government and rebel Jonas Savimbi...
...rebel army is already preparing for its next offensive, tapping support from a widely dispersed Albanian diaspora that reaches as far as New Jersey, where last week K.L.A. representatives held an event. And in the regions around Kosovo, the K.L.A. is sharpening its rudimentary training and logistics network. The key element of that web is a recruiting operation that may have pulled in thousands of battle-age men. In Albania, near the town of Durres, unarmed ethnic Albanian volunteers from Western Europe (countries like Switzerland and Germany are a particular source) head toward the border with supplies...
KASHMIR [*] CONFLICT Some rebel groups want independence from India, others want to join Pakistan...
...young Chinese man who faced down a long row of tanks near Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989, personifies man's struggle for freedom in a direct and personal way. This unknown rebel is a symbol of the world's desire for freedom. Margret Hofmann Austin, Texas...