Or are people hiding behind tribal conflict when it's, in fact, a political conflict?

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So while there is fighting and unease between adjacent tribes, there's not tribal conflict on a national scale.

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Football and basketball deliver the vicarious experience of warlike tribal conflict.

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Tribal conflict is one piece of us-versus-them conflict.

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This should help to transform the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians from a tribal war over the land they cohabit into a conflict between sovereign states.

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In 2010, UNESCO provided training to journalists in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan focusing on conflict reporting skills, ethical reporting standards, as well as safety and security of media workers in conflict zones.

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But it's worth noting that many delegates from Pakistan's tribal belt, Waziristan, which is the epicenter of some of the problems in that conflict, have also boycotted this event.

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