Sentence examples for an armed clash from inspiring English sources

Uganda risked what one of its ministers called the "disastrous possibility" of an armed clash between Ugandan and Zimbabwean troops.

If a confrontation appeared imminent, there were contingency plans for senior American officials, including Admiral Mullen, to call their Pakistani counterparts to avert an armed clash.

The letter appeared on the 180th anniversary of Jan . 3 1833, when an armed clash between the two nations took place on the islands.

The main trigger for the impeachment is an armed clash between peasants fighting for land rights with police, which left at least 17 dead, including seven police officers.

It's rated above an armed clash in the South China Sea, a fracturing of the European Union and even the rising threat of jihadist terrorism.

Also Thursday, Mr. Clapper sought to tamp down fears that North Korean rhetoric could lead to an armed clash with the United States, South Korea and regional allies, and a high South Korean official called for dialogue with North Korea.

Rumours of an impending armed clash between Hezbollah and the pro-western governing coalition have spread like wildfire among the Lebanese people, who are hoarding food and arms in anticipation of the worst.

The announcement came as Syria braced for a major armed clash between the government and rebels in the contested city of Aleppo, U.N. officials said.

In the 1960s large sections of the river border came under dispute between China and what was then the Soviet Union, and a sharp armed clash erupted between the two countries in 1969.

Although there has not been a serious armed clash in the sea since 1988, and none is likely now, there are worries that in the current climate some low-level confrontation might escalate by accident.

Indeed he wants to turn back the clock not just by weeks but by years as he seeks to restore his control of the Gaza territory he lost in a four-day armed clash with Hamas in 2007.At a meeting with businessmen from Gaza earlier this week in his West Bank seat of Ramallah, Mr Abbas said his officials would not return to Gaza until Hamas abandoned its "shadow" government.