U.S.officials say the heavily armed cartel often carries out murders, kidnappings and assaults to further its reach.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Large scale cyber assaults against Chechnya and Georgia preceded Russia's military actions there.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

The violence also comes a day after a series of high-profile suicide bombings and militant assaults on opposite sides of the country killed at least 39 people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The alleged use of special operations troops in the raid could signal a shift away from the controversial U.S.tactic of relying on long-range missile assaults to take out terrorist targets.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The short movie,which began as an undergraduate project at Flinders University in Adelaide, has become an advertisement for cultural harmony following a series of assaults on Indian students in Australia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

The World Food Program says it is concerned the assaults last Sunday in Jonglei State could cause retaliatory attacks and this could lead to more deaths and to more people fleeing their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

"Once again I want to warn everybody, especially in Mexico, if you want to come to America through Maricopa County, we are going to have enough fire power to react to any assaults on our deputy sheriffs."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20