They would hit the Confederates with so much strength in so many places that the rebels could not stop them.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

It did not free all of the slaves in the United States, only those held by the rebels.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

But she also called attention to thousands of killings by the rebels in reaction to the genocide.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

The office said the behavior of the military and the rebels could meet the legal meaning of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The military said troops were moving in from the north and the south on the narrow area of coastline still held by the rebels.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

On Wednesday, President Obama deplored the rebels' use of civilians as human shields.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Four hundred American soldiers landed with guns,bullets, and supplies for the rebels.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

It says the rebels are the ones killing innocent people.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

It says the rebels are hiding among civilians.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The rebels did not want to wait.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Most of the rebels were captured.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

The rebels blame the government.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The rebels blame military shelling for killing 2,000 people in the sliver of coastal land in the northeast it still holds.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

Shimelis denied any government troops had been killed, and said the current fighting is between the rebels and local militia groups.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has appealed to the rebels to surrender and allow civilians a safe passage.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara says the army's final assault will only take place after civilians trapped with the rebels have been freed.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

It is also the first time that the government allowed refugees to return to areas which were formerly controlled by the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Jusu does not know the rebels who killed her daughter, but she is not afraid to speak out in front of her community.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

It also says that a truce will allow the rebels to recover from the devastating defeat they have suffered in the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

An rebel communiqu issued Friday said the rebels had captured seven towns along the border with Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

It argues that would only allow the rebels, considered a terrorist organization, to regroup and re-arm.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

This week,a probe by the European Union found Sri Lanka in breach of human rights laws during the military campaign to defeat the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

But the government is stressing that countering the rebels will not work without efforts to simultaneously draw the tribal groups into the development process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But the military says it is in no hurry to enter the area from where the rebels are expected to make their last stand.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

In a telephone interview, he described the communiqus as a desperate measure used occasionally by the rebels to portray the region as being in turmoil.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The government also harshly criticized correspondents, international organizations and aid workers who it perceived of having a bias against it and sympathy for the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

During the military's final offensive to crush the rebels, UNICEF said hundreds of children had been killed in the months of battle in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

In a report published last week, the United Nations says that 2,800 civilians had died in recent weeks, as the army pushed to defeat the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17