Germany helped trigger the Balkan wars with its speedy recognition of the seceding Yugoslavian territories without any protection for Serbian minorities.
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Think Star Wars with its Force or the sword-and-planet genre with its fallen civilizations and its twin reliance on magic and tech.
Serbia, which has surged economically since the end of its bitter wars with other former Yugoslav nations a decade ago, boasts a debt-to-gross domestic product ratio of 51%, well below Western European averages.
The release should help WoW compete with its newer big-budget rival, Star Wars: The Old Republic, which lost about a quarter of its subscribers between February and April.
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None of this is remotely relevant in today's America, with its religious diversity, cacophonous culture wars and out-of-control political partisanship.
After what seemed like a smooth launch, ArenaNet has been experiencing frequent technical difficulties with its spanking new MMO, Guild Wars 2 (GW2).
The period from the 1950s to the 1980s was a fat time for arms dealing, with its succession of small but vicious wars in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
With its deeply detailed worlds and engulfing action, Star Wars is perfectly suited for the immersive 3D theatrical experience.
Nepal's Maoists have formed links with India's own Maoist insurgents, who go by the local name of Naxalites, and, says India, with some of the vicious groups fighting secessionist wars in its north-east.
The main reason for this is the perception, widespread in the Muslim world, that America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, along with its support for Israel, are tantamount to a war on Islam.
The government estimates 380, 000 Syrians are in Jordan, a country whose government is under pressure from its own restive population and still dealing with huge refugee populations from other wars.
Montenegro, a country whose economy relies heavily on tourism and has been developing its status as a boutique resort for wealthy Russians, has had healthy relations with Russia, thanks in part to its relatively peaceful stance during the Balkan wars, according to Sorana Parvulescu of Control Risks Group, a specialist risk consultancy.
Panasjuk was born in the former Soviet Union, but before its collapse moved to the U.S. with his mother to avoid wars in the region.
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Croatia has plenty of war to talk about: its part in the Bosnian wars, a war against corruption, trouble with the UN war-crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Navigating between the Scylla of Sony and the Charybdis of Microsoft and accused of relying too heavily on its stable of retro-friendly character franchises, Nintendo built upon its maverick strategy success with the Nintendo DS to buck the trend of the graphics wars.
The upcoming MMO Guild Wars 2 made a very good impression with me when I played it in its beta form back in May: it was both easy to play and easy to become engaged.
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Not surprisingly, this major toy manufacturer likes to cross its own properties with other licenses for additional toy opportunities, resulting in the creation of Star Wars figures that transform into intergalactic spaceships.
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Montenegro now hosts 55, 000 Kosovo refugees, along with another 25, 000 from the wars in Croatia and Bosnia some 15% of its current population.
Israel's control over Judea and Samaria and east Jerusalem, and with them, its ability to ward off invasion and attacks on its major cities is what has prevented wars.
In the OS wars, Android continued to grow its market share up to 72.4 percent, with iOS taking the second spot with 13.9 percent.
Its ability to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion, say, or even to back up the Philippines or Vietnam in a clash with China over a contentious rock in the South China Sea relies on its willingness to see these conflicts become wars involving the superpowers or even nuclear confrontations.
Eritrea, in its five years of independence, has been quick to pick fights: it has had shooting wars with both Yemen and Djibouti and vows to overthrow the Sudan government.
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In principle, the tri-partite structure of three working groups encompassing basic science, adaptation and economics should produce a relatively coherent whole - more so, and with a more impressive imprimatur, than if each were assessed on its own, perhaps against the backdrop of turf wars.
In a conversation on Thursday morning, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz argued in favor of a coalition with Kadima by noting that as the Kadima-led government's wars in Gaza and Lebanon, and its destruction of the Iranian-financed, North Korean built nuclear installation in Syria in September 2007 show, Kadima shares the Likud's willingness to use force against Israel's enemies.
As the military withdraws from its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the guide postulates a smaller footprint in counter-terrorism, but with a wider reach.
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