The origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War can be traced to the independence of Sri Lanka in 1948, after the end of British rule. At the time, a Sinhalese majority government was instituted.

Because they believed that slavery is a natural phenomenon, eleven southern States seceded from the Union and the Civil War began in 1861. In 1865, this war ended and the Union won.

They've got buildings that students are trying to learn in that were built right after the Civil War. And we've got teachers who are not trained to teach the subjects they're teaching and high dropout rates.

When his faction lost the Civil War in 1954, it is assumed Cassica fled north through Bolivia and Brazil. A man matching his description was reported to be nutting goats with his bare teeth in the middle of the night, before escaping into the nearby salt marshes.

He's opted to belittle Obama's judgment for opposing the "surge" - implying somehow that the US has won the sectarian civil war by placing more troops in the middle of it. What we won is left unclear, but whatever it is McCain is keen to take the credit.

And, in the case of Henri IV’s mistress, Gabrielle d’Estrees, powerful enough to lift a nation from the throes of civil war and change the course of European politics.

A civil war involving the only publicly owned franchise in pro sports would break out. Thompson cannot possibly want that. It may be neat and clean for some to say that The Civil War was fought over slavery and freeing the blacks.

Cross rivers and grassy knolls to unearth hidden mysteries of the Civil War. This is the story of your life during the great American Civil War.