Sentences with phrase «civil strife between»
«As bishops and defenders of the human rights and religious freedom of all, weare alarmed by the deteriorating situation of Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq... Christians in particular are caught in the middle of civil strife between Sunnis and Shiites... We are deeply impressed by the courage of many Christians who remain in the land of their birth.»
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Torn between Olwen and Elene, Renard's personal dilemma is set against a background of increasing civil strife as Ranulf of Chester, his greedy neighbour, strives to snatch his lands.
Short - sighted resource extraction — like clear - cut logging and the bushmeat and charcoal trades — extend the gap between rich and poor and have been shown to fuel political strife and civil war.