at war
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He is the author of a historical novel, “No Country for Love,” and of three books of narrative nonfiction: “Faith at War,” “The Siege of Mecca” and “Our Enemies Will Vanish,” which was a finalist for the Orwell Prize.
In the early 1700s Spain and France were at war with England and the Netherlands.
“We’ve talked to a number of Hamas people, and we’re hearing throughout the Arab world that people don’t want to be at war anymore,” a senior U.S. official briefed reporters on Wednesday.
South and North Korea remain technically at war, as the 1950–53 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty.
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He told AFP he often ran up against vested interests but "I don't think I'm at war with anybody".
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