Sentences with phrase «years of civil war»

It would take another 100 years of civil war and debate to begin shaping this new United Britain.

South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan in July, and Luka Biong Deng, a senior member of South Sudan's ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement and executive director of KUSH, credited Wiley Rein this week for its pro bono services in helping the new nation obtain a much - needed exemption from U.S. sanctions targeting Sudan, which has endured more than 50 years of civil war.

Regina José Galindo (b. 1974, Guatemala) has developed a socially and politically motivated practice that acknowledges the thirty - six years of civil war endured by her country while looking forward to a more peaceful and productive future.

The once vibrant Syrian city has been torn apart by five years of civil war, leaving little to identify places there were once filled with life.

They will find remnants from the National Museum of Beirut, shattered and displaced by fifteen years of civil war, but nothing of their history.

Depicting the key crops of the north and south of the United States, it was meant to symbolise a unified nation after years of Civil War.

Years of civil war restricted boat access, although now tourism is increasing at a rapid rate and the water is often busy with double - decker vessels.

But during the long and sad years of civil war thousands of people from the war zones fled to the safety and Freedom of Belize.

So far the only foreigners in Juba and its surroundings are the 4,000 or so NGO and UN workers, here to rebuild one of Africa's poorest regions after 30 years of civil war.

In June of 1864, following three years of Civil War, President Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act, giving the valley and nearby Mariposa Grove to the state of California «upon the express conditions that the premises shall be held for public use, resort, and recreation.»

This would be a good book club selection for those interested in the final years of the Civil War (Mary Jane D).

In a story spanning generations, three families face the heartache and terror of nearly 30 years of civil war in Sri Lanka.

He is also a contributing lecturer to Civil War roundtables and historical societies, and has provided Civil War authors including Peter Cozzens (The Shipwreck of Their Hopes) and Wiley Sword (Mountains Touched with Fire) with rare documents and diaries that have contributed to an understanding of civilians and soldiers during the climactic years of the Civil War.

According to historian Candice Shy Hooper, during the four years of the Civil War Julia traveled more than 10,000 miles to be with her husband, sometimes through enemy territory.

Now, Jeff Shaara brings this legendary father - son trilogy to its stunning conclusion in a novel that brings to life the final two years of the Civil War.

Today ~ February 12 is Abraham Lincoln's actual birthday.President Abraham Lincoln was president through the four years of the Civil War (1861 - 1865) He...

It took just two years of civil war to erase all education progress made since the start of the century.»

Daniel Day - Lewis took home the Best Actor award for his 2011 portrayal of American President Abraham Lincoln during the turbulent years of the Civil War.

«While his heroic qualities are visible when they're needed, Day - Lewis» Lincoln is a deeply human individual, stooped and weary after four years of civil war but endowed with a palpable largeness of spirit and a genuine sense of humor.»

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a nurse at Mansion House Hospital in Union - occupied Alexandria, Virginia, during the early years of the Civil War.

Six years of civil war has left most of Syria, a country once known for its ancient cities, in ruins.

More than a million people live in the volcano's shadow, many of them refugees from years of civil war and the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda.

A deadly virus in a part of the world that had no experience with it, health systems neglected during years of civil war, and a population that was highly mobile across borders, distrustful of governments, and more inclined to seek out traditional healers.

Today, many Iraqi and Syrian archaeologists evoke this infamous chapter in medieval history to convey some sense of the devastation wrought by the so - called Islamic State (ISIL), along with the continued brutality of more than four years of civil war in Syria.

Mozambique's Gorongosa Mountain means «place of danger» — fitting for a remote rainforest that saw its biodiversity bulldozed during 15 years of civil war late last century.

On Sunday, the Colombian people rejected the recent peace deal that the Colombian government had reached with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after 52 years of civil war.

The two parties had reached a remarkable peace accord a few days earlier, hoping to end 52 years of civil war.

They put aside their differences and ended 40 years of civil war, opening the prospect of a new stage in Sudan's history.

As Colombia rebuilds after more than 50 years of civil war, farmers are under pressure to stop growing illegal drug crops and instead plant fruits and vegetables.

In Syria alone, (by some estimates) more than 470,000 people have been killed in five years of civil war that has devastated the country, displacing millions.

Carried over from before the Revolution, it might have also been fortified by the meager, perilous years of the Civil War.

While the deployment was small in scale, it was large in import for a president who until now had refused to send American ground troops for any sustained operations into a country devastated by more than four years of civil war.

About three years of civil war followed, after which the Bolsheviks came out on top and took over the country.

The setting is Virginia, in the last year of the Civil War.

In this project, your group will take the role of a virtual tour guide during a particular year of the Civil War.

Represented in images from newspapers, photographs, and documents are the ways society learned about and participated in the declaration by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863, the second year of the Civil War.

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2 is impressive having earned more than all the other films combined,» said Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, who noted that Captain America: Civil War accounted for more than half of the summer take at this point last year.

The Spanish Civil War and the 36 years of Francisco Franco's fascist dictatorship feature heavily in his discourse.

The character first appeared onscreen in Civil War last year, and the new film is already generating loads of buzz thanks to director Ryan Coogler (Creed) and a loaded cast that also includes Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Angela Bassett.

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The signing of the historic agreement this week opens an exciting new chapter for mineral rich Bougainville, which saw its riches turn to rags during a 10 - year civil war ending in 1998.

Furthermore, Angola's government granted Americans almost no tourist visas for years because of American support for Angolan rebels in a 27 - year civil war that began in 1975 and killed more than half a million people.

While Israel has struck Syrian army locations many times in the course of its neighbor's 7 - year - old civil war, the nation has neither confirmed nor denied the raid.

Jews suffered certain legal civil disabilities in the colonies and in some of the later states and certain extralegal social disabilities in both, but they suffered no persecution until three years after the War.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 (Reuters)- Western powers said on Saturday their missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria's chemical weapons program, but the restrained assault appeared unlikely to shift the course of the 7 - year - old civil war.

The fight for Afrin, a once stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever greater role of foreign powers in the seven - year - old conflict.

The fight for Afrin, a once - stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever - greater role of foreign powers such as Turkey in the seven - year - old conflict.

According to Reuters, Putin's role as intermediary between Riyadh and Tehran was pivotal, and is a «testament to the rising influence of Russia in the Middle East since its military intervention in the Syrian civil war just over a year ago.»

When confronted by human rights organizations regarding the violent evictions, former Canadian ambassador to Guatemala, Kenneth Cook, claimed these images of the eviction were taken during the 36 - year civil war that ravaged Guatemala from 1960 to 1996.

Hayek's belief that the pre-Fed US system did not restrain credit creation firmly enough is understandable in light of the five financial panics during the fifty years of the federally regulated «National Banking system» that prevailed between the Civil War and the First World War.