Previously secret documents show British officials covered up evidence about the assassination of a colonial governor in East Asia after World War II, fearing the truth might spark a war.
"Everyone, including me, is determined to turn out as one to fight for national reunification ... if the enemies spark a war, " he said, using nationalist rhetoric employed by many North Koreans when speaking to the media.
The international community fears the fall in the yen may spark a currency war.
To be sure, Saudi engagement in Iraq carries great risks -- it could spark a regional war.
We need to strengthen the WTO, not threaten its legitimacy with protectionist rhetoric that could spark a trade war.
Saddam wants is to spark a regional war which he can lead.
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The Castros' exit, when it happens, is likely to spark a bidding war for Cuba's allegiance between Venezuela and the United States.
Still, the American and European diplomats said the U.S. administration is concerned that actions in the region, including Israel's operations, could spark a wider war.
That could spark a legal war among regulators, cable and broadcasters and may end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, which sometimes takes a dim view of federal statutes intended to curb indecency.
It could also spark a browser war, however, irritating corporate information-technology administrators who don't like the prospect of having to test and maintain competing browsers, says Tim Hickernell, associate lead research analyst with Info-Tech Research Group.
But there are fears that a prolonged and deliberate weakening of the Japanese yen could spark a currency war, if other countries that trade or compete with Japan were to also take steps to devalue their currency, in order to gain a trade advantage.
If governments on either side were to levy countervailing import duties (as the WTO allows when an illegal subsidy persists), it could spark a disastrous trade war.
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It has been a spark for this kind of a new sectarian war and conflict that produces instability in the whole region.
"Israel fears Hezbollah anti-aircraft missiles could spark war, " reads a Tuesday headline from one of Israeli's main daily newspapers.
As Ledeen notes Teheran may view another expensive terror war as a spark which could incite a popular revolution or simply destabilize the country ahead of June's scheduled presidential elections.
Turkey, for one thing, has again implied that the Kurdish acquisition of Kirkuk could spark civil war and even a Turkish intervention.
The surge in Two-up's popularity during World War I didn't spark a change.
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War in Korea would likely spark a massive exodus of North Korean civilians along its porous 1, 300-kilometer (800-mile) border, which in turn could lead to a humanitarian crisis or unrest that the Chinese government would have to deal with.
And not just to fail, but to spark a nationalist, anti-American backlash that would threaten American security during World War I.
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