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At Camel Fighting Matches, Fans Eat Camel Meat

Hundreds of thousands of Afghan people gathered last week in Mazar-e-Sharif to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian new year, and in addition to the customary food and ceremonies, festival-goers enjoyed one of the region's oldest spectator sports: camel fighting. Sounds gruesome, and judging by the amount of camel spit said to...

Can Iron-Fisted Syria Withstand Wave of Rebellion?

Just two months ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad boasted to The Wall Street Journal that his country was "stable" and that -- unlike the soon-to-be-toppled tyrants in Tunisia and Egypt -- his regime was immune to the threat of a pro-democracy uprising. It's unlikely he'd make such a bold statement today. For the past...

Gadhafi Expert Warns Libyan Leader Will Fight 'Until the End'

JERUSALEM -- The violence in Libya is worse than reported and Moammar Gadhafi will battle the opposition to the bitter end, says a native Libyan and Jewish activist who has met the dictator several times. "Don't underestimate Gadhafi; he will keep fighting until the end," said Raphael Luzon, the head of the London-based...

Cambodian-Thai Border Clashes Hurt Both Nations' Poor

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- To call the fighting over the Preah Vihear temple on the Cambodian-Thai border a war is misleading. The fact remains, however, that it is a spasm of violence that no one really needs except for nationalist politicians who find it easier to sound the trumpets of war than tackle their own stubborn...

Study: Girls Who Play Video Games Are More Aggressive

(Nov. 23) -- In a video game battle of the sexes, game-playing girls might brutalize their male opponents, but in a boys-only battle of the wits, the game players could outscore other lads. A new study by a Yale psychiatrist finds that teenage girls who play games are more likely to get into serious fights and carry...

Background on Fighting

Combat, or fighting, is a purposeful violent conflict meant to establish dominance over the opposition, or to kill the opposition, or drive the opposition away from a location where it is not wanted or needed.

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