His comments reflected what other officials have said that ending the F-22 program is just one part of the effort to shift the focus of U.S.defenses away from what they see as the relatively remote possibility of a war with a major power and toward the types of smaller-scale conflicts of recent years.

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But his family moved to the Harlem area of New York City to escape conflicts in their country.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

This week in our series, Steve Ember and Sarah Long tell about some of these conflicts.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

It also includes veterans of the Persian Gulf War and conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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His pictures of the war showed the many ways that conflicts affect people.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

It includes discussion and investigation of hidden fears and conflicts.

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In all of these conflicts, she says child soldiers and other children have suffered high casualty rates and grave violations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The sectarian war between Ahlu-Sunna and al-Shabab is just one of several conflicts raging between and among Islamist groups in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Analysts say the Arab street hopes the more liberal Islam of Sunni Turkey can lead to solutions for persistent regional conflicts.

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Forest Trends sought to prevent those conflicts by commissioning an international law firm to look into the rights of one tribe,the Surui.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Violence connected to the conflicts in the Caucasus has also erupted in other parts of Russia, including the Moscow subway attacks in 2004.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

In particular, Coomaraswamy highlights the plight of child soldiers in ferocious conflicts in Gaza,Sri Lanka,Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Thailand's tourism authority is planning to begin a new wave of promotions once the political conflicts subside.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Retired Admiral Dennis Blair resigned last month after a series of conflicts with the White House.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

"There were about 100,102 separate tribal conflicts last year, and as a result of that, there were almost 400,000 people which were newly displaced.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The conflicts weigh on President Obama as he prepares to join the ranks of Nobel Peace Prize recipients men and women like Nelson Mandela;

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He says the promotion of democracy should go hand in hand with efforts to end regional conflicts - in particular, between the Arab world and Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The use of suicide attacks is a relatively new tactic in Somalia's long-running conflicts.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

The U.N.Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Juba,South Sudan,Lise Grande, says the number of internal conflicts in the semi-autonomous region has risen from last year's levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

But the Afghans often have their own way of doing things. And that sometimes conflicts with U.S.-led efforts to forge a larger, more independent Afghan security force.

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Regrettably,this one-sided report, claiming to represent international law but in fact perverting it to serve a political agenda, can only weaken the standing of international law in future conflicts,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"Of course,you have the Palestinian-Israeli situation, plus the Saudi-Yemen problem, plus all kinds of bilateral issues, wars or bilateral conflicts, let us say,which could really lead into war in the future."

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

The rebellion there is one of Africa's longest-running conflicts.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

He says young Muslims are often confused by disturbing Internet images of their brothers in faith being killed in conflicts, and that one of his community's greatest challenges is helping young people interpret current events.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

Many of them are emerging from conflicts. And,sub-Saharan Africa in particular, especially in Eastern and Southern Africa are facing major problems of HIV, which has had a huge impact on especially child mortality, life expectancy in general.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21