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  • August 2008

    • 130K Flee Rebels in Philippines

      New York Times  |  Aug 12, 08 7:32 AM CDT

      130K Flee Rebels in Philippines

      (Newser) - Fighting in the southern Philippines between government forces and Islamic separatists has now displaced 130,000 people, the New York Times reports, and welfare officials are warning of a humanitarian disaster as battles once confined to two provinces have spread throughout the island of Mindanao. Thousands, most of them Muslims, have been fleeing the area. More »

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      Philippines  • separatists  • rebels  • Islamic State

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Darfur Sinking Into Chaos of Warring Rebel Groups

      Washington Post  |  Jun 20, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Darfur Sinking Into Chaos of Warring Rebel Groups

      (Newser) - The civil war in Darfur has degenerated into a tangled mess of militias and warlords battling each other, a development that threatens efforts to bring relief to the 2.5 million people affected by the fighting. Dozens of rebel groups are at war with each other, not just the government, and “the lines of who's who are much more blurred,” said an Oxfam spokesman. The Washington Post assesses the situation on the ground. More »

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      Africa  • Sudan  • Darfur  • emergency aid  • rebels  • humanitarian organizations

  • March 2008

    • Be Brave, Mac: Pick Condi for VP

      New Yorker  |  Mar 10, 08 9:00 PM CDT

      Be Brave, Mac: Pick Condi for VP

      (Newser) - Ditch the banal short-list and pick a running mate with pizazz—like Condoleezza Rice, Hendrik Hertzberg urges John McCain in the New Yorker . The best-liked Iraq war planner would trigger an "avalanche of positive publicity" on her personal success story, and let GOP voters crack a race-gender ceiling without having to choose. The trick would be ducking her failed record in office, Hertzberg writes. More »

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      John McCain  • election 2008  • Iraq war  • Condoleezza Rice  • vice president  • running mate  • rebels

    • Chavez Sends Troops to Colombian Border

      CNN  |  Mar 2, 08 3:19 PM CST

      Chavez Sends Troops to Colombian Border

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez sent thousands of Venezuelan troops to the Colombian border today after Colombia killed a FARC rebel leader, CNN reports. Chavez accused Colombia of being a US puppet and said Ecuador's border was violated in the attack. "We have to liberate Colombia," said Chavez, who is linked to FARC and tried to negotiate a prisoners-for-hostages trade with it last year. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ecuador  • rebels  • Raul Reyes

  • February 2008

    • 12,000 Flee Darfur Raids for Chad

      BBC  |  Feb 10, 08 10:27 AM CST

      12,000 Flee Darfur Raids for Chad

      (Newser) - Government attacks on Darfur villages, ostensibly directed at rebel fighters, have caused a new exodus of at least 12,000 people from western Sudan into Chad, the BBC reports. The government acknowledges bombing three villages Friday, but said it was targeting fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement. Rebel leaders denied their people were in those villages. More »

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      Sudan  • Darfur  • human rights  • Chad  • Human Rights Watch  • rebels  • Justice and Equality Movement  • Janjaweed

    • Rebels Flee Chad's Capital

      Associated Press  |  Feb 4, 08 12:19 PM CST

      Rebels Flee Chad's Capital

      (Newser) - Rebels pulled out of Chad’s capital city of N’Djamena last night, temporarily ending a 2-day siege, but renewed hostilities broke out today, the AP reports. The rebels said they pulled back to allow civilians to flee, an offer hundreds took advantage of. But the interior minister insisted the army was in control: “The savage mercenaries are routed.” More »

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      France  • Sudan  • Darfur  • Chad  • peacekeeping force  • peacekeeper  • Idriss Deby  • rebels

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