But critics warn that the plan is a dangerous escalation of American involvement into a decades-old civil conflict.

As a result, the decades-old conflict, sometimes overt, sometimes concealed, between Serbs and Croats seems to have been settled.

The recognition issue is a marker of the international community's stance towards the decades-old conflict.

The decades-old conflict in Colombia has produced a generation of young people for whom war is the norm.

They now view the war as the new front line in the decades-old conflict with Washington.

At the White House, I welcomed the new president of Colombia, Andres Pastrana, and supported his courageous efforts to end the decades-old conflict with guerrilla groups.

A settlement would be a milestone in the decades-old conflict over smoking and public health, but the industry has often turned apparent setbacks into long-term victories.

And there is a real chance for a deal with the Palestinians, an interim arrangement that would ease the decades-old conflict.

Two rival tribes play one crucial game of basketball to settle a decades-old, perhaps century-old, conflict.

We warn against a partisan emotional approach to this decades-old conflict.