That worry seems to have receded slightly, though a shooting war across the Serbian-Albanian border is still possible.

ECONOMIST: Kosovo on the brink, again

Even if there is a lull in the shooting war, there are many bitter issues to be settled.

ECONOMIST: Ethiopia and Eritrea

We have never before in our history tried to wage a sustained global shooting war with an all-volunteer force.

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The US and Russia have, thanks to mutually assured destruction, never engaged in a shooting war with each other.

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More would side with George Orwell that serious sport is war minus the shooting.

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Dark of the Moon features two core gameplay systems: vehicular combat and third-person, Gears of War-style shooting.

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In addition, he said, war-simulation shooting games have become popular there, creating an inroad for the "Call of Duty" games.

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The shooting came from a post-war buffer zone ringing Kosovo.

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This beautifully written book is powerfully evocative of the human cost of war and the longing for love that, despite the shooting and shelling, never fades.

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When he had a group of Vietnam War buddies out for a visit last year, they spent hours target shooting.

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On Afghanistan, the nation has learned a lot over the past couple days about Sergeant Bales, the suspect in the mass shooting in Afghanistan, and it's raised questions about his personal history and about the strains of war, multiple tours of duty.

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