Fewer global battlegrounds in 2003: Researchers
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The chilling sights and sounds of war fill newspapers and television screens worldwide, but war itself is in decline, peace researchers report.
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The ferocious battles of the last three days could open the way to wider conflicts. But there may be both more and less than meets the eye.
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Findings and recommendations by recent studies on the Iraq war:
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Since their troops joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq almost two years ago, British commanders and politicians have depicted their soldiers as less combative, less abrasive and less trigger-happy in dealing ...
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US fatalities, now over 1,000, change few core opinions on war.
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For more than 20 years, it&#39;s been one of the world&#39;s forgotten wars. Some 2 million people have died, yet it&#39;s received relatively scant global attention.
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The proportion of people living on less than $1 a day decreased from 40 to 21 per cent of the global population between 1981 and 2001, says the World Bank&#39;s latest annual report.
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BISHKEK, May 24 (IPS) - Surviving alone in the era of globalisation has  become increasingly difficult for smaller countries with limited  natural resources. Nations which were recently striving for  independence are beginning to unite with others as a means to  withstand economic hardships.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 15 -- Despite scattered gains by international troops fighting Taliban insurgents in the country's south, Afghan and foreign analysts here have voiced concern that a recent peace initiative is backfiring and that lapsed Afghan militias could be drawn into the conflict...
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WASHINGTON -- Fueled by the Iraq war and the perception that the United States acts without consulting others, anti-Americanism is on the rise across the Muslim world and much of Europe, while global confidence in President Bush has plummeted, a global poll released yesterday shows.
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The west is stripping the developing world of its talent. The pressures of ageing populations and the need to be at the frontier of technological change has meant skilled labour is in short supply, so raiding
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The number of violent crimes reported nationwide appears to have fallen modestly in the first half of 2007, signaling the first notable decline in violence in two years, the FBI said yesterday.
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The more time people spend surfing the web and watching TV, the less time they spend in nature. And that loss of contact eventually lessens their interest in protecting the natural environment, a new study claims.
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KARACHI, Pakistan  - The international war on  terror will prove a long drawn-out battle as militants  reorganize themselves into smaller groups, Asian defense  experts said Monday.
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More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by one of Britain's leading polling groups.
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A majority of people around the world do not believe the world is locked in a "clash of civilizations" that will lead to violent conflict between Islam and the West, according to findings of a poll published Monday.
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Worldwide opinion is increasingly wary of big powers and their leaders, a new global study suggests.