About 70, 000 people have been killed in the Syrian uprising that started almost two years ago.
But every single time, a grass-roots uprising has put it right back on the table.
The Irish Republican Army was founded in 1919 in the uprising against British rule in Ireland.
Sudan's government says they bombed towns in Darfur to put down a regional uprising by the African rebels.
But since the start of the uprising in March, the regime has presided over rising violence.
The uprising had a broad base communists, liberal democrats and Islamists all played a role.
Tunisia has seen numerous clashes between the authorities and hardline Islamists since the uprising in 2011.
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The uprising began in the east, and easterners have so far been over-represented in the NTC.
Few as they were, some immediate gains testified to the power of the mass uprising.
Yes, it was an Arab uprising, but it could not have succeeded without outside help.
Mr Deby's government blames Sudan for inspiring the uprising - an accusation Sudan denies.
Mali's internal quarrels were reignited after the uprising in Libya began in February 2011.
Manaf Tlas' defection comes as government assaults against protesters led to a nationwide uprising.
It became a target for militants during the second Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation in 2000.
Tunisia has seen numerous clashes between the authorities and hardline Salafists since the uprising in 2011.
He said trucks then carried the men to the compound where the uprising began.
Gaddafi was killed in October 2011 after a Nato-backed uprising forced him from power.
Hundreds were killed and many more are unaccounted for following attempts to violently suppress the uprising.
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Today's sober assessments stand in contrast with the expectations when the Andar uprising first started.
The violence in Darfur erupted in 2003 after rebels began an uprising against the Sudanese government.
In 1982, Hafez Assad brutally ended an uprising in the Syrian city of Hama.
That production used smuggled footage to capture the 2007 Saffron uprising led by Burmese monks.
Before Syria's uprising erupted two years ago, tens of thousands of Lebanese lived in Syria.
In more recent history, the city was the centre of the Zapatista armed uprising in 1994.
This was booty seized during the opium wars and then the Boxer uprising of 1900.
The rioting came shortly after Palestinian militants had declared their second intifada (uprising) against the occupation.
The Montreal Uprising is like a Rorshach test people look at it and see different things.
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His first book Uprising (with its own community on the rise) will be published soon.
The opposition says Friday (March 15) marks the second anniversary of the beginning of the uprising.
The assault follows a rash of violence against journalists during the uprising in Egypt.
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