The results of the Boxer Rebellion and the Spanish-American War made clear that the new century would have a new world power: the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

It ruled a wide-reaching empire. This week in our series, we look at how British power gave way to American influence after World War Two.

VOA: special.2011.08.04

And pro-slavery extremists held power in only a few states of the deep South.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

England is a traditional football power and won the nineteen sixty-six World Cup.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

He agreed to postpone earlier elections in exchange for a power-sharing deal that saw his political opponents drop their electoral boycott.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

This so-called 'bio-gas' is burned like natural gas in a small electric power plant right on Vander Haak's farm.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

And,in May 2007 a new power-sharing government took over administration of Northern Ireland with bitter foes agreeing to sit together.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Then,the car automatically switches to a gas-powered engine, acting as a generator that can power through 483 more kilometers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Using non-performing rubber trees as a source of power also helps rejuvenate rubber production by making room for new planting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

A U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion in 2006 ousted the Islamic Courts Union from power, pushing al-Shabab deep into southern Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

General Aziz came to power last August in a coup that toppled the country's first freely-elected leader, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

And not only that, the utility must agree to a long-term contract that covers power generation costs, plus a decent profit.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

On Sunday, the United States overpowered China, coming on a power play against the U.S.team's back-up goaltender in the final three minutes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15