That gave the southern states one hundred days to end their rebellion, or face the destruction of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The destruction of the chimp's natural environment led Miz Goodall to give her full attention to protection efforts.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Illegal destruction of the monarch's winter home in Mexico is also blamed for the population drop.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

Kvit told VOA the recent destruction of books in Ukraine is not so much a tragedy, as it is a farce.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

And that involves the intentional destruction of a group in whole or in part for religious,ethnic or racial reasons.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

But Dwayat, struck with grief and anger, says the destruction of his son's home has sparked not fear, but rage in him.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Marysville became a symbol for the destruction of the Feb.7 bushfires, a once vibrant community reduced to dust.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Durham is already probing the destruction of dozens of videotapes of CIA interrogations that could have shed additional light on U.S.treatment of terror suspects.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

But the West is not responsible for the destruction of the Zimbabwean economy over the last decade,or wars in which children are enlisted as combatants,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

Another very huge percent is due to poaching and destruction of habitats."

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

These genes are involved in a number of inherited metabolic disorders, including Tay Sachs, a rare,incurable and usually fatal disease that causes the destruction of nerve cells in young children.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

For Mr.Abbas' political allies and for the Israelis, there is concern that elections held now might mean gains for the militant Islamist Hamas faction, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Russians were awoken to the threat posed by the destruction of a hydroelectric plant last year, when a major accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in Siberia threatened the lives of millions of people downstream.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21