For three years, al-Shabab has led militants in battles -- mostly against the peacekeepers -- for control of Mogadishu.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

At first he is a captive, then a warrior, and after many battles, a prince of a royal family.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

As president, it was not long before he got into trouble in the battles of politics and government.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

This week in our series, Harry Monroe and Kay Gallant tell about some of the other early battles of the Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

The man with the long, sad face wanted to hear news about the battles they had been fighting.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Some of his friends who remained in the favelas were killed in gun battles with criminal groups.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

One of the first battles took place at what is now Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

While he was best known for his legislative battles for America's poor and disabled people, Senator Kennedy was also a leader in foreign policy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

There were battles at such places as Amelia Court House, Sayler's Creek, High Bridge and Farmville.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

Some say the name comes from the thick collars of leather early Marines wore around their necks to protect them from cuts during battles.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

It would be the first in a series of battles known as the Seven Days Campaign.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Private Smith thought. "How far away from the battles,the hospitals, the wounded and the dead.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

Sherman's western army was there from battles at Shiloh, Vicksburg,Murfreesboro, Chickamauga and Atlanta.

VOA: special.2010.01.14