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Starmer and Reeves initially tried to plug the fiscal hole with cuts in social programs earlier this year, but an internal rebellion forced them to water down those plans.

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Starmer and Reeves initially tried to plug the fiscal hole with cuts in social programs earlier this year, but an internal rebellion forced them to water down those plans.

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The Ethiopian army was carrying out searches of homes in the Amhara region on 5 January this year, as part of a crackdown on a growing rebellion launched by local militias known as Fano.

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In 1696, this rebellion came to full flower when an Arab force sailed into an African harbor at Mombasa and laid siege to the vital Portuguese fort at Fort Jesus.

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An attempt over the summer to cut some particularly generous welfare benefits collapsed amid a rebellion from Labour backbenchers in Parliament, putting welfare reform off the table.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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