And he knows, and all of us know, that he is participating in the closing borders and is participating in the siege."

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Among them are Somalia, where the transitional government is under siege by hardline Islamic rebels, Guinea and Guinea Bissau, Madagascar and Darfur.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

And the day the siege is removed, the day the containers are picked up, there will be hundreds of thousands, millions of people,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Earlier,the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a 22-hour siege on the country's army headquarters that ended Sunday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

He also said that Israel's "siege" of Gaza had strengthened the hand of Hamas and other extremists in the region, while undermining moderates.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Minister of External Affairs Celso Amorim told the council that the embassy has been under virtual siege by the de facto Honduran authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"It is impossible to maintain a safe and effective health-care system under conditions of siege that have been in place now since June 2007."

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The siege comes less than a month after some 12 gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team in nearby downtown Lahore, killing several police and wounding some players and a coach.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Prosecutors say thousands were killed and wounded during the siege.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Israel had hoped that negotiations on what Palestinians call the siege of Gaza would result in the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Gaza-based militants in a cross-border raid into Israel in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"First of all, we're asking to organize a corridor, not simply open the border, but to deploy some forces, which could lead people out who cannot get out of their houses, who are under siege, to help them cross the border, at least into Uzbekistan because it is the nearest country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15