Rebels sought to break the mold, to do something that was exclusively "theirs," to be weird by way of self-expression.

反叛就是要破除已有的模式，做自己喜爱的事情，自我表述，神秘不可捉摸。

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But the package falls short of the heavy weapons and high-tech equipment sought by the rebels.

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And the UNP, during a ceasefire it brokered from 2002-06, sought an agreement with the rebels that would have given substantial autonomy to the mostly Tamil north and east.

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Tuareg rebels, who'd sought independence for decades, took advantage of the power vacuum and seized swaths of land.

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