Those were rebellions against oppressive government policies and grounded in the fight for liberty.
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Seleka is a loose coalition of fighters, many of whom fought in previous rebellions.
After the 1991 Gulf war, anti- Saddam rebellions broke out in all parts of Iraq.
The last time oil spiked upward, into the summer of 2008, no such rebellions or revolutions existed.
On the northern side of the border, rebellions in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states are worsening.
Rebellions rippled through Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, toppling dictatorships, and by March 2011, Syrians were demonstrating.
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Not to mention the percolating rebellions in the south and north, and a well-entrenched affiliate of al Qaeda.
There were big rebellions against candidates proposed by its leader, Pier Luigi Bersani.
Immediately after the Gulf war, rebellions broke out in numerous parts of Iraq.
It was rebellions like these that ultimately forced fearful Europeans to abolish slavery.
There are sporadic, if small, armed rebellions in Xinjiang's southern region, where the Han presence has historically been slight.
Previous leaders of Georgia's 5.2m people tried clumsily to quell rebellions in those areas and instead triggered dirty and unsuccessful wars.
Party elders may take the view that rebellions have come and gone before, and that this one will fizzle out.
Since Mali became independent from France in 1960, they've staged several rebellions.
Intractable rebellions gnawed at its fringes even as factions wrestled for power at the centre, letting al-Qaeda terrorists thrive amid the disorder.
These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention.
Tuareg rebels, who for decades had staged rebellions seeking independence, took advantage of the power vacuum and seized parts of the north.
This is the key to these latest rebellions in the Middle East.
CAR, which has a population of about 4.5 million, has been hit by a series of rebellions since independence from France in 1960.
The leaders also failed to find a way of ending armed rebellions in both countries that each side blames the other for instigating.
The abandonment of the Shias and Kurds to their fate during the rebellions that followed the 1991 war can hardly have inspired confidence.
That said, the character of most rebellions was to a large degree set by the time and the context in which they took place.
By trying to defuse rebellions in their own parties, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders have primed a much bigger bomb under the government.
Then there are the internal conflicts in South Sudan - armed rebellions and clashes over cattle which have killed more than 1, 500 people this year.
Last year, such rebellions allowed the opposition to gut pension reform.
Despite the massive rebellions in Tony Blair's second term on such issues as Iraq, foundation hospitals and top-up fees, there has been no collapse in party discipline.
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In the event, action against Iraq went ahead despite massive Commons rebellions and the resignation of two cabinet ministers - one before the conflict and one afterwards.
Tiny Rwanda - repeatedly identified by UN experts as the puppet-master behind this and previous rebellions - can surely no longer hide behind its familiar denials of involvement.
It's slowly happening already: strikes, violence, rebellions in the countryside.
Nor could rebellions be crushed by the appearance of legionnaires.
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