It was a disaster. In eleven days of fighting, one-third of the Confederate Army in Georgia was destroyed.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

In eighteen sixty-four, the battle at Cold Harbor in Virginia ended a month of fighting by the Union Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

In nineteen forty-three, George Moriarty wrote a song designed to support American forces fighting in World War Two.

VOA: special.2011.04.04

In eighteen sixty-four the Union of northern states and the Confederacy of southern states were still fighting.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

This year's World Food Prize will honor two leaders of hunger-fighting groups based in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

It put the Confederate states in the position of fighting for slavery -- even though most of the soldiers were too poor to own slaves.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

He said his men would be well-trained in mountain fighting.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

It is found in electrical parts and fire-fighting products.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

He points out that U.S.soldiers, before this generation, were fighting Asians - Japanese in World War II, then Koreans and Vietnamese.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

The United States has the largest military force in the country among the 42-nation coalition fighting the eight-year-old war against the insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But Biden countered that the Bush White House mishandled the conflict, and should have been more focused on fighting al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

New data show the World Health Organization's simple and cost-effective approach in fighting tuberculosis works.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

In 2007 and 2008, the Hawiye Tradition and Unity Council endorsed al-Shabab and other opposition groups fighting a bloody insurgency against Somalia's Ethiopia-backed secular government.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

An estimated 80,000 people died in the fighting, many in World War I-style trench warfare.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

In March and April, inter-tribal fighting killed more than in Akobo and Pibor counties.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

In the war in Afghanistan, U.S.troops are not only fighting insurgents - they are expected to win over the hearts and minds of the local population.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

He says fighting the Taliban and al-Qaida there is crucial to security in Britain.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

The Pakistani military is fighting al-Qaida and Taliban militants in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan where they are believed to have set up terrorist training camps.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

In the last couple of months, the PKK - Turkish Kurds fighting for greater cultural and political rights since 1984 - have been steadily stepping up their attacks.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

In areas where fighting has been most fierce between the Taliban and U.S.-led NATO forces Afghans say attacks, violence and terrorism are identified as the country's biggest problem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

According to VOA sources in Somalia, many foreigners are based at al-Shabab training camps in the towns of Marka,Barawe,and Kismayo, teaching thousands of recruits bomb-making skills and guerrilla fighting tactics.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Fighting ended in 1953 with only a cease-fire agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Pakistan has battled Taliban militants in its northwest tribal areas since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, but the fighting is now moving closer to population centers, forcing tens of thousands of civilians to flee.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

but the fact is they are intelligent, ambitious,motivated and to be just a pawn in the story of a whole bunch of men fighting it out,rolling around and getting down-and-dirty, while there you are just a vision in a tight cat-suit is just a boring thing."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19