Sentences with phrase «further civil wars»

A corrupt lust or desire for stronger leadership to prevent further civil wars?

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Europe is has seen 500,000 migrants enter the region so far this year, many fleeing from civil war in Syria in the Middle East, according to Frontex, the EU's border protection agency.

Many other cities in Syria are held by rebels or other factions in the civil war, and they are likely to come under further attack, said aid agencies.

Black Panther would also be the first Marvel movie to reach $ 1 billion since Civil War cleared $ 1.15 billion two years ago, and the fifth so far from Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Political instability and civil wars, particularly those involving OPEC member states, are far from reaching a conclusion.

«Human potential is far from exhausted, and the American system for unleashing that potential — a system that has worked wonders for over two centuries despite frequent interruptions for recessions and even a Civil War — remains alive and effective.»

In civil wars with multiple factions, plucking criminals from one faction for prosecution may well raise cries of injustice from other factions and propel further conflict.

Thompson suggested that Francis was fueling a «Catholic civil war,» and further commented, «prayers are being said for an end to this pontificate within five years, max» — but didn't reveal whether he thought such prayers sinful.

A tragic civil war was required to abolish it, and its effects are still far from eradicated today.

On a late November evening in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, Celestia Ferris, chief washer - woman at the Bureau of Engraving, organized a prayer meeting not far from the U. S. Capitol.

In Nigeria, Muslims are fomenting a brutal civil war in order to establish Sharia as the law of the land, and similar movements are to be found as far away as East Timor and parts of the Philippines.

Although further U.S. aid to El Salvador seems a foregone conclusion, some congress people hope to make it conditional on assurances of open access to provide help to civilian victims of the civil war — a right recognized by international law.

Further, historical experience shows the value of an executive having some prerogative to act beyond his strict authorization, in times of immediate opportunity (the Louisiana Purchase) or immediate danger (the perilous position of Washington, D.C. during the Civil War).

Further, famines, pestilences, brigandage and war (both civil and with the Japanese) engulfed our area repeatedly, and flight to safer places for short or long periods was common.

But as far as American politics was and remains concerned, it is a civil war, seen by the light of our continuing disagreement about it.

As far as I know, President Obama is still a member of the United Church of Christ — a progressive, mostly white, mainline Protestant Christian denomination with a rich American history that includes, among many others, the Pilgrims and Congregationalists of New England and many African - American churches, schools and colleges established in the south after the Civil War.

If that is the version of democracy you believe in then the day is not far when this nation will plunge into a thousand civil wars.

But since this was also during the civil war and rise of the KKK, this might have been done to «save» the church from further violence against its members.

Unfortunately many of the words and acts of churchmen during and after the Civil War were far from the spirit of a ministry of reconciliation.

Our country is in a civil war... and sadly the Republican party branded itself to those who are far right... Romney is a moderate as many of us are but sadly it was the only party that came close to the freedoms and principles he, like many of us believe in.

Reflecting on Polk's «acquisition of an empire in the Far Southwest,» he notes that this immediate triumph soon exacerbated the tensions over slavery that culminated in the Civil War.

It also flagged the displacement of Rohingya refugees, and the continuing civil war in Yemen as further major causes of concern, heading into 2018.

Going further back, to the Diggers of the English Civil War, we find Gerrard Winstanley rebuking those, able to work, who share in the fruits of work without labouring.

With the Queens GOP engaged in a great civil war, the loss of clout compounded by a pyrrhic victory by Phil Ragusa over Tom Ognibene, the party is in shambles and far too fractal to field any viable candidates.

Further analysis, however, shows that a greater percentage of recent civil wars involve more than two combatants.

Even his critics concede that he has made «far - reaching reforms», and Maude himself points out that the civil service is now at its smallest since the Second World War.

Allowing so called «rebels» to leave certain territory in order to avoid civilian casualties and further destruction became a norm in Syrian civil war, at least on SAA and Russian side.

He added that the reference to Civil War in the debate for the bill would bring further division among Nigerians.

It also touched on last week's White House decision to further intervene in Syria's civil war, as well as recent disclosures about government surveillance programs.

But it is far more cost - effective to invest aid in conflict prevention — in countries like Somalia and Mali, both of which suffered from hunger crises last year — than it is to pay the cost of responding to violent conflict and civil war.

Its economy was destroyed during the Civil War, and took further blows during the Reconstruction era at the hand of «carpetbaggers» from the North, particularly involving Northern banks providing financing to plantation owners who would pledge their land as collateral and often lost that land when they failed to repay the loans as agreed.

«We warn the herdsmen not to create an opportunity for a civil war because any further attack on Chief Olu Falae or his farm would be deemed as casus belli.»

As far as I know, they do have one, sort of, and it's especially important to recruit fighters from Western Europe but civil wars easily become self - sustaining and are just as much about survival, power and resources than about any cause (cf. the wars in the east of Congo for example).

He further recalled the economic challenges and the agitations for the Biafra nation, President Buhari reminded the agitators of the Nigerian Civil war that claimed over 2 million lives.

As the Syrian civil war rages on, desperately needed funding for humanitarian aid in the country has begun to dwindle, Grandi said, lamenting that very little of the billions promised at an international donor's conference in Brussels in April had so far materialised.

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo - Ita, who was the special guest at the occasion, commended the army for the successes it had achieved so far in the war against insurgency.

Flake's unexpected retirement will likely further inflame the Republican Party's civil war, with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon racking up the fruits of victory in his bid to reshape the party.

The surge of Daesh did in fact help Al Assad, as it gave Western powers cold feet about the idea of further help to the rebels (or even a more direct involvement to end the civil war).

While the track record of western - led intervention in civil wars may not be as bad as some critics occasionally make out — the Western Balkans, for example, today are a far cry from what they were 20 years ago — recent experiences clearly indicate the limits of military interventions to produce desirable outcomes.

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker

«The Igbos similarly orchestrated the first, and so far, the only civil war in Nigeria that consumed millions of lives and sowed the seed of the current mutual suspicion and distrust.

So far, Jeremy Corbyn has been incredibly cautious about triggering a full - on civil war with his MPs over this, but if Theresa May presses ahead with the parliamentary boundary changes for the next election, Labour MPs will, de facto, face mandatory reselection.

The Shadow Chancellor's comments further stoked the civil war which threatens to engulf Labour in the wake of Mr Corbyn's frontbench shake - up.

The civil war that followed has so far claimed 500,000 lives, by one estimate, and forced 5.4 million Syrians to flee the country.

The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current civil war on the country's wildlife and other natural resources shows that significant wildlife populations have so far survived, but poaching and commercial wildlife trafficking are increasing, as well as illegal mining, timber harvesting and charcoal production, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said in a report issued today.

The situation would be exacerbated by increasing Syrian agricultural water use in the aftermath of the country's prolonged civil war, which could further diminish flow to the Yarmouk River, the largest tributary to the Jordan River.

The complex event and its aftermath can also be further illuminated via discussions of larger themes in social and political history, such as balancing national safety and civil rights — comparing reactions to 9/11 with those following the attack on Pearl Harbor, for example — or the grounds for overseas military interventions — such as the recent U.S. engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan as compared with the U.S.'s position on the League of Nations after World War I. «These themes put a light on it,» Brodsky Schur says, giving teachers and even parents a way to integrate such a seemingly unteachable event.

A further analysis of these 338 survey participants demonstrated that 31.8 percent were exposed to their most serious violent event during the civil war and 65.4 percent after.

I feel this movie wouldve been so much better if a seasoned director had done it like John Singleton... anyway, its just alot of hype because hes the «first» black super hero (do nt tell Wesley Snipes though) and if you really want to see black panther skip the full length movie and see Wakanda in Infinity war... as far as black panther goes he was great in civil war and infinity war, you can skip the 2 hour trip to the land of vibranium.

As far as giant casts and action - packed plots are concerned, I'd place Infinity War right behind Civil War, the latter finding just the right balance between introspection and explosions.