The South was ready to secede -- leave and break up the Union of states.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

After months of growing tension, the head of the company sent three hundred private security officers to break up the strike and protect non-union workers.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

Extra care is needed not to break up the twisted, strange-looking roots;

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Some experts think Scott blamed himself for the break-up.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Sometimes the guardians intervene and break up lion-hunters.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Country music news headlines included the break-up of Brooks and Dunn after 20 years performing as a duo.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Security forces fired tear gas to break up the pro-Zelaya marchers, who are also accused of vandalizing buildings in the country's capital overnight.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Bosnia is a multiethnic country still recovering from the war that accompanied the break-up of Yugoslavia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The U.N.Tribunal in The Hague wants Radovan Karadzic to face 11 charges Monday, including involvement in Europe's worst massacre since World War II in Bosnia-Herzegovina,during the violent break-up of Yugoslavia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

From its new regional bureau in Yaounde, Interpol is moving to break-up the syndicates behind this organized crime by working with law enforcement officials in Cameroon,Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon as well as officials from the other countries it covers: Central African Republic, Chad,Congo,Sao Tome and Principe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09