The prime minister at the time, Mari Alkatiri,blames political rivals for the violence and trying to replace the elected government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

The Yankees' cross-town rivals, the New York Mets, also opened a new ballpark in 2009, the $900 million Citi Field.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Robow is reported to be in favor of engaging in talks with al-Shabab rivals and maintaining a popular backing for the militant group.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

U.S.oil companies account for half of the daily production in Angola, which now rivals Nigeria for the title of Africa's largest producer of oil.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

"A clash of Arab civilizations; clashes between Arab regimes and their own people, the regimes and their domestic rivals and insurgencies,clashes between Arab regimes themselves."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Health officials in New York say the maternal mortality rate in the United States itself rivals that of poorer developed countries like Singapore and Ireland.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Eyewitnesses say most of the residents have fled, fearing more violence between the Islamist rivals.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

Clegg's Liberal Democrats want to phase out Britain's own nuclear weapons, but his rivals, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown,say this would send the wrong message to Tehran.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Meanwhile,Mr.Maliki's rivals say the election process has been tainted by fraud.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

In their national sport of ice hockey, the Canadian men won a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory for the gold medal over their rivals and neighbors to the south, the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

President Obama's domestic political rivals echoed the criticism.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The peace dialogue had lowered tensions between the rivals, but has flagged amid repeated Indian accusations that Pakistan is not doing enough to clamp down on terror groups operating from the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28