But the whole business of whips and rebels set me to pondering an MP's duties.
Supervision Mission began monitoring a ceasefire agreed to by the government and rebels in April.
Yankees and Rebels alike join in the field to share a laugh now that it is over.
Under a regional peace initiative, two meetings between government and rebels were scheduled in Nairobi in September.
They said this time they were committed to bringing the Syrian government and rebels to the negotiating table.
China mediated talks in the southern Chinese town of Ruili amid ongoing fighting between the army and rebels.
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The Sanaa government fears Iran is working with separatists and rebels in the south to destabilise the country.
Syrian forces and rebels have been fighting around Damascus for months but with neither side gaining the upper hand.
The ongoing battle in Syria between the government and rebels is a reminder that the region remains a tinderbox.
Heavy fighting erupted in eastern Sri Lanka between government troops and rebels from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
While rebel and government forces keep their positions around town, an unusual meeting takes place between a parliamentarian and rebels.
Mahmoud said some rebel commanders were killed in the fighting on Thursday and rebels threatened to bombard Lebanese territory in retaliation.
Government and rebels in Sudan said they would extend their ceasefire by three months to allow humanitarian aid to be distributed.
Syria's government and rebels have accused each other of using chemical weapons.
Refugees accuse both government troops and rebels of burning villages in Burundi.
In Libya, pro-Gaddafhi forces and rebels have reached a stalemate over the city of Misrata and riots rocked Nigeria following a recent presidential election.
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The BBC's Joseph Benamsse in the capital, Bangui, says it is clear that both regular troops and rebels are responsible for the destruction of Birao.
Loyalists and rebels in Libya are fighting it out over the town of Brega, one of five export terminals in the east of the country.
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The warfare between Congolese government forces and rebels under the command of Laurent Nkunda represents the lingering tensions between Hutus and Tutsis in neighboring Rwanda.
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After launching a fresh rebellion in the east last year, the Rwandans flew thousands of troops and rebels across Congo to attack the capital, Kinshasa.
The UN resolution also calls for peace talks between the government and rebels, in an attempt to separate them from the foreign extremists, our correspondent reports.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Russia in June 2012 against sending helicopters to assist the Syrian regime in its attacks against civilians and rebels.
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The release is contingent on a cease-fire between government forces and rebels around the village of Jamlah, where the peacekeepers are said to be held, the group said.
This campaign defined Apple as an outsider brand for artists, thinkers and rebels forever setting it up in a battle against comparatively stodgy IBM and Microsoft.
Some Christians, though, are striving to bridge that divide, attempting to reach out to the opposition and rebels, or at least cross the sectarian gulf that increasingly separates them.
Spain still has an embassy in Tripoli, although it evacuated its personnel from the city, like many other nations, as fighting between the regime of Moammar Gadhafi and rebels intensified in late March.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon warned forces loyal to al-Assad and rebels to allow civilians to leave the town, the latest flashpoint in the more than two-year-old conflict that has left about 80, 000 people dead.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's warning came as he urged forces loyal to al-Assad and rebels to allow civilians to leave the town of Qusayr, the latest flashpoint in the more than two-year-old conflict that has left about 80, 000 people dead.
France, Denmark and Indonesia on Wednesday pledged to contribute to a United Nations mission to Darfur, Sudan, in an attempt to end the conflict between pro-government militias and rebels that has killed more than 200, 000 people in the last four years.
But Turkish authorities said Sunday they had detained nine Turkish citizens with links to the Syrian intelligence agency in connection with the bombings in the border town of Reyhanli, a hub for Syrian refugees and rebels just across from Syria's Idlib province.
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