• Once you bring forces close together in face-to-face trench line, house-to-house fighting, it negates the use of much air support, especially as both sides have a lot of the same gear and it's very difficult to tell between friend and foe.

    CNN: Grange

  • In some Osaka suburb, I was leading my platoon through clouds of smoke as we roamed about in house-to-house fighting.

    NEWYORKER: Rat Beach

  • The previous government's denial of state benefits to asylum seekers who failed to declare their intention on entry has also run into legal trouble: local authorities, forced by legal action to house asylum seekers, are fighting to recoup costs from central government.

    ECONOMIST: Those fleeing persecution deserve better treatment

  • General Pinochet returned to Chile in March from London where he spent 16 months under house arrest while fighting a Spanish judge's efforts to extradite him for trial over human rights abuses.

    BBC: Brazil probes human rights atrocities

  • The White House on Sunday called for an end to the fighting, and has expressed regret for the loss of life on both sides, spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

    CNN: Israel withdraws from Gaza as anti-rocket offensive ends

  • If the administration is now supporting a transition process in Yemen, how confident is the White House, how concerned is the White House, that whatever comes next will not be as helpful to the United States in fighting terrorism?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Across New York, there are six House seats in which Democrats are fighting furiously to hold onto the gains they've made over the past two elections.

    WSJ: Greater New York Campaigns Turn to Getting Out Their Voters

  • It is unclear how or from where Assange, who is under house arrest in the United Kingdom while fighting extradition to Sweden, will present the show.

    CNN: WikiLeaks' Assange to launch TV talk show

  • And it is an amendment that the Lib Dems have chosen to back, an amendment that the Conservative part of the government is now fighting hard to keep from the floor of the House of Lords.

    BBC: Seats dispute goes beyond a boundary

  • She loved her neighborhood, but finally sold her house because she couldn't bear to live next door to people who kept fighting dogs.

    NPR: Raising Dogs, Fighting Dogs

  • Speaking at a White House news conference this morning, the president warned of more tough fighting to come, and said the U.S. has a strategy for victory.

    NPR: Bush Takes Questions on Iraq, Rumsfeld and Wiretapping

  • The White House could also urge Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve to get more serious about fighting inflation by mopping up some of the excess liquidity that he and predecessor Alan Greenspan spawned.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • First of all, you already saw him, Governor Ted Strickland in the house. (Applause.) Ted is fighting every day to bring jobs and economic development to Ohio.

    WHITEHOUSE: Health Insurance Reform Right Now

  • Campaigners fighting to get a pardon for computer pioneer Alan Turing have taken their fight to the House of Lords.

    BBC: Alan Turing pardon campaign goes to House of Lords

  • Although properly-raised pit bull terriers can make good pets, according to reputable Georgia breeder Tara Vickers, fighting dogs - having been trained to attack other animals - are impossible to re-house safely.

    BBC: NEWS | Americas | Brutal culture of US dog fighting

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