The country was torn apart by strife.

这个国家被内部纷争搞得四分五裂。

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South African troops are moving into the strife-torn Natal Province where political violence has claimed three hundred lives in the past month.

南非军队正在向战乱不断的纳塔尔省行进，在过去一个月里，这里的政治暴力已经夺走了300人的生命。

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But although some sort of dialogue with Iran and Syria could indeed help-not only in Iraq but also in strife-torn Lebanon and palestine-talking is no panacea.

然而，尽管与伊朗和叙利亚进行某种形式的对话确实有所帮助—不仅对伊拉克同样也对饱受冲突折磨的黎巴嫩和巴勒斯坦有益—但是对话并不是万灵药。

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Area after area of neglect can be catalogued, from the strife-torn Andes to regions around the world undermined by climate change.

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But it is just the sort of strife-torn place, full of alienated, angry Muslims, where those seeking to organise jihad find fertile ground.

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But the current tribunal has been given the power by the UN of taking precedence over any national legal authorities in the strife-torn region.

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