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Worlds Apart: The Roots of Regional Conflicts | We live in an age in which civilians are often targets of war and "ethnic cleansing" is a popular military strategy. Is the current epidemic of violence something new or only the latest round in a centuries-old struggle? In 12 episodes, Britannica examines regional conflicts around the world.

Terrorism Britannica Online School Edition > High School
Definition, types of terrorism, history, additional reading, related articles, maps and related images.

Olympic Games Munich 1972
Tragedy struck the 1972 Olympics in Munich when eight Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village on September 5 and killed two members of the Israeli team.

Oklahoma City Bombing
Former U.S. Army soldiers Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were associated with the extreme right-wing and militant Patriot movement. Both were charged with the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. A total of 168 people were killed, including 19 children, and more than 500 were injured.

Northern Ireland and the IRA
Year in Review 1994 The Downing Street Peace Agreement
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Middle East Terrorist Groups
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Hezbollah

Conflict and Terrorism around the World NewsBank Special Report
Get the newest information about terror plots, world conflicts and the impact this has locally and globally. You can also get to this and other NewsBank special reports sign onto NewsBank, then select any of the featured reports at the top of the home page.

How can communication and understanding lead to peace? Kids Page Project
In this Kids Page project your students will think about what you already know about war or conflict: What is war or conflict? What are some of the causes of war or conflict? How can war or conflict be resolved?

Inside Iraq Today NewsBank > Kidspage > Junior Scolastic
Article and activity about life in Baghdad.

A Troubled Start NewsBank > Kidspage> Weekly Reader Current Events
The roots of the current conflict in the Middle East can also be found in Europe.

Opinion Polls
Britons, Americans United on Thwarting Terrorism, Spread of Nukes click on "PDF Full Text"

Palestinians Have Little Faith in U.S. as Peace Broker: click on "PDF Full Text"

Points of View
Woodrow Wilson Meets Hamas
The article compares the beliefs of U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush on war and diplomacy. In February 2006, when Palestinians exercised their self-determination, it resulted not only in a triumph for the terror group Hamas, but also in an opportunity for Hamas to remind the world that its charter calls for destroying Israel.

THE WALL AGAINST PEACE.
Presents a discussion about the separation wall that the Israelis built through and around Jerusalem to protect them from Palestinian terrorism. Report that artist Yoav Weiss is selling off pieces of the wall over the Internet; Reference to the death of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat; Discussion of the peace process between Palestine and Israel; Reference to a speech made by author David Grossman at the Jerusalem International Book Fair; Discussion of suicide bombings; Election of Mahmoud Abbas for president in Palestine in January 2005.

Periodicals
The Middle East Predicament
This article discusses how the Middle East has become the United States' primary foreign policy concern.

Benign Neglect.
This article looks at the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian territorial issues.