The U.S. State Department said Tuesday peace talks between the warring factions are set to begin October 31 in the United States.

CNN: Bosnia cease-fire delayed again

Many of the control mechanisms perfected by the Qin had developed during the preceding 500 years or so of the Eastern Zhou dynasty when a host of small warring states across China began to coalesce.

ECONOMIST: Theories of history

In 1995, Bosnia's warring sides reached a compromise in Geneva, agreeing to divide the nation into two states: one for the rebel Serbs and another for the Muslims and Croats.

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