Fair enough, I thought, until I found out their husbands were away fighting for the rebels.
UNITA's side of the war, it helped to make it harder for the rebels to sell their gems.
If the Katangans backed him, the province could become virtually independent and hard for the rebels to take.
For the rebels, holding the town means protecting their supply line to Lebanon.
To the extent that the talks in Geneva took place at all, that effort paid off for the rebels.
Malaysia, as the closest state proxy for the rebels, just hosted emissaries from Bangkok to get those two sides talking.
Officials said hundreds of police were scouring the forests for the rebels.
Jarvis Summers had 12 and Nick Williams had 10 for the Rebels, who were a miserable 10 for 21 from the foul line.
Last week, the Ugandan government accused former foe Congo of restricting Ugandan troops from entering its northeastern territories, slowing the hunt for the rebels.
Regional leaders and the African Union had called for the rebels' withdrawal from Goma, supposed to have been completed by Thursday, as a condition of starting negotiations.
This style of warfare also makes it more difficult for the army to strike at Unita's bases, and easier for the rebels to adapt and regroup when attacked.
Ahmed Bani, the military spokesman for the rebels in Benghazi.
As he boarded a plane in the Colombian capital, Bogota, chief government negotiator Humberto de la Calle said it was time for the rebels to show whether they were really "willing to reach concrete and realistic agreements".
Martin van Vliet, a researcher at the African Studies Center in Leiden, the Netherlands, said that while Timbuktu was no longer a city of vital economic or military importance, it stood out as an important prize for the rebels due to its symbolic significance.
He initially refused to attend the Rome talks in protest at a lack of international support for the Syrian rebels, but was persuaded after the US and UK indicated there would be specific promises of aid.
Well-trained fighters from the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah, have joined battle with government forces fighting to regain control of the strategic western town of Qusair, which lies on vital supply routes for both the rebels and the government.
Nelson Mandela, the new mediator for Burundi , met government and opposition leaders in Tanzania, and appealed for the armed rebels to be included in the peace process.
They had been putting pressure on the Sudanese government, through support for the southern rebels.
Voters are more skeptical about U.S. support for the Libyan rebels, as a plurality 47% said it was justified and 37% thought it was not.
Refugees similarly barred from entering America include a woman forced to cook for the Liberian rebels who raped her and a Colombian teenager forced by his paramilitary captors to bury his murdered parents.
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And when the Chadian rebels last fought in the streets of N'Djamena, which was in April 2006, the Chadian government basically threw open this support that had been somewhat covert for the Sudanese rebels.
Ethiopia blames neighbouring Eritrea for backing the rebels.
Having joined Gloucester in the summer of 2009 and being able to play on both sides of the scrum, Doran-Jones is among those who could take Somerville's place in the team when he leaves for the Melbourne Rebels in May.
On Monday, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said he was negotiating with the rebels for Saif al-Islam's transfer to The Hague.
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Both the US and France, the former colonial power, turned down government pleas for help against the rebels.
Around 300 French soldiers were sent into Central African Republic over the weekend to reinforce the 250 troops already stationed there, when President Francois Bozize fled the country for Cameroon after rebels seized the capital of Bangui.
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In the final days - as we shall learn - Nato used drones, bombers, helicopters, electronic interference and special forces on the ground "painting" targets for the attack aircraft as the rebels closed in on the capital, Tripoli.
The FARC urged Sarkozy to help broker a deal for the release of Betancourt and dozens more hostages the rebels have held for years.
After his election victory, Mr Uribe said he would approach the United Nations for help in persuading the rebels to accept a ceasefire as a prelude to peace talks.
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