Read more rebel fighters stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24015/rebel-fighters.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:37:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61670/after-26-year-war-sri-lanka-struggles-with-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sri Lankan government finally prevailed in its 26-year civil war with Tamil rebels with a brutal campaign, leaving thousands dead and 300,000 displaced. Now, reports the Wall Street Journal , the country must try living in peace after years of assassinations and abductions from both sides. Tamils "should be...http://www.newser.com/story/61670/after-26-year-war-sri-lanka-struggles-with-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 8:28:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60630/un-fights-to-release-child-soldiers-in-chad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UN has obtained access to 80 child soldiers, some as young as 13, who have been taken prisoner in Chad near the Sudanese region of Darfur. UNICEF says that the children were captured and paraded before television cameras after a battle in early May between the Chadian army and...http://www.newser.com/story/60630/un-fights-to-release-child-soldiers-in-chad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 6:11:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60001/tamil-tigers-confirm-death-of-leader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe defeated Tamil Tigers have admitted that leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead, the BBC reports. The rebels declared a week of mourning after their “incomparable leader” was killed while "fighting the military oppression of the Sri Lankan government," a statement said. The Tigers have also renounced violence, said a spokesman,...http://www.newser.com/story/60001/tamil-tigers-confirm-death-of-leader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 15:19:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48935/sri-lankan-army-seizes-last-big-rebel-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sri Lankan army says it has captured the last urban Tamil Tiger base in a surprise morning assault, CNN reports. Soldiers and rebels battled fiercely for the town of Mullaittivu, the latest effort in the army’s recent campaign to capture Tiger areas. The army says the rebels are now...http://www.newser.com/story/48935/sri-lankan-army-seizes-last-big-rebel-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Jan 2009 15:11:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48761/rwanda-nabs-congo-rebel-leader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFearsome rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, the head of a movement that has destabilized the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested over the border in Rwanda. Hundreds of Rwandan troops converged on a mountain village last night inside Congo where the general was stationed, but he crossed the border into...http://www.newser.com/story/48761/rwanda-nabs-congo-rebel-leader.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Jan 2009 5:31:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44305/surgeon-amputates-using-texted-instructions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA volunteer surgeon in a Congolese war zone followed texted instructions to perform an amputation that saved a 16-year-old boy's life. The teen's badly injured and infected arm required that his collar bone and shoulder blade be immediately removed, but Dr. David Nott had never conducted such a procedure. He...http://www.newser.com/story/44305/surgeon-amputates-using-texted-instructions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 17:11:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42034/thousands-flee-as-congo-ceasefire-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe ceasefire in eastern Congo crumbled yesterday as Tutsi rebels and Hutu militias did battle, leaving dozens of bodies lying in the streets of a town near the Rwandan border and forcing 35,000 residents to flee, the Guardian reports. Hutu residents have accused the rebel army of Laurent Nkunda...http://www.newser.com/story/42034/thousands-flee-as-congo-ceasefire-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Nov 2008 8:30:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28409/colombian-rebels-confirm-leaders-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA top Colombian rebel confirmed the death of FARC chief Manuel Marulanda in a TV interview today. Marulanda died of a heart attack 2 months ago, at age 78, "in the arms of his companion," he said. With "Sureshot" gone, new rebel leader Alfonso Cano may struggle to keep the...http://www.newser.com/story/28409/colombian-rebels-confirm-leaders-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 May 2008 18:23:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27127/sudanese-rebels-fight-for-control-of-capital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDarfur rebels battled Sudanese soldiers today in a rare bid for control of Sudan's capital, Reuters reports. The military later claimed victory and said just a few militants had reached Khartoum. "Thank God this attempt has been completely defeated," a government spokesman said.http://www.newser.com/story/27127/sudanese-rebels-fight-for-control-of-capital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 May 2008 14:48:31 CDT