a country torn by strife

  • 1strife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ internal ▪ ethnic, factional, internecine, sectarian ▪ civil, industrial, labour/labor (esp. AmE) …

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  • 2strife — [[t]stra͟ɪf[/t]] N UNCOUNT Strife is strong disagreement or fighting. [FORMAL] Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages... The boardroom strife at the company is far from over... It remains a highly unstable and strife torn country. Syn …

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  • 3international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 4Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …

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  • 5Nelson Mandela — Mandela redirects here. For other uses, see Mandela (disambiguation). His Excellency Nelson Mandela OM AC CC OJ …

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  • 6Abd ar-Rahman I — Arabic: (عبد الرحمن الداخل), (known as the Falcon of Andalus or The Falcon of the Quraish ) [ [http://www.idir.net/ suede/successor1.html Abd ar Rahman I ] ] (born 731; ruled from 756 through his death circa 788) was the founder of a Muslim… …

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  • 7Abd al-Rahman I — Emir of Córdoba Reign 756 – 788 Successor Hisham I …

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  • 8Ovidio Lagos — Monument dedicated to Ovidio Lagos in Rosario. Ovidio Lagos (31 August 1825 – 13 August 1891) was an Argentine journalist, businessman and politician. Lagos was born in Buenos Aires in a country torn apart by internal strife. Federalists, who… …

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  • 9Ghosts of India — Doctorwhobook title=Ghosts of India series=New Series Adventures number=25 featuring=Tenth Doctor Donna Noble writer=Mark Morris publisher=BBC Books isbn= 1 84607 423 1 date=September 2008 preceding=The Many Hands following=The Doctor Trap|… …

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  • 10Ahtisaari, Martti — ▪ 2000       On June 2, 1999, the president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, and Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin met with Pres. Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia in Belgrade and presented him with an offer he could not refuse: accept an agreement… …

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