Defense analyst Talat Masood says the drone operations are potent symbols of what many Pakistanis believe is America's over-reliance on military power.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

And nearly three-out-of-five believe the war against the insurgency cannot be won with military power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

"I think that the proposal that the President made in Geneva to have Iran withdraw its enriched uranium, or a good portion of it, outside Iran is a positive first step in that direction and I support and appreciate the President's ongoing efforts to unite the international community to address the challenge of Iran's attempts to become a nuclear military power,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

He had warned of the threat of such weapons as he argued for military action to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

He gave military officers the power to arrest civilians believed to be hostile to the Union.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The new law gave the president power to declare military rule in the south.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

That was after Ethiopia's military ousted Islamists from power.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Burma's military rulers cite ongoing fighting with ethnic insurgent groups in the country to partly justify their continued grip on power.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

Burmese authorities have already re-worked the constitution to ensure the military remains in power regardless of the 2010 elections.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

withdrawal from Afghanistan would likely lead to the Taliban regaining power, and questioned what an expanded U.S.military presence would accomplish.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The former opposition leader came to power after his predecessor,Marc Ravalomanana, resigned and handed power to the military.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The government plans to hold Burma's first election in two decades next year, but the new constitution ensures the military stays in power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The military then handed power to Mr.Rajoelina. A leading authority on constitutional law, Antananarivo University President Jean-Eric Rakotoarisoa, blames the former president for Madagascar's situation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The court noted that President Marc Ravalomanana had resigned and handed power to the military.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

It said this left the decision to the military. The army said it did not wish to wield power but rather wanted Mr.Rajoelina to take charge.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The demonstrators, known as the "red shirts", are supported by exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted from power in a 2006 military coup.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Analysts say the attacks may be part of the military's plans to clear the area of local communities ahead of construction of a hydro-electric power plant.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Critics say the military has already rigged the constitution to keep themselves in power and rights groups say they have been imprisoning dissidents and opposition supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Yoon says the tiger represents the entrenched power of the North Korean military.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Many Israeli observers believe that with the current leadership in power in Iran, Israel can make a stronger case for economic sanctions and possibly military action against Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

It began as an insurrection against Algeria's secular military rulers after they canceled parliament elections in 1992, when it appeared a coalition of Islamist groups might take power.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The protesters accuse Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of taking power through illegitimate means with the support of the military and are demanding he dissolve Parliament and call new elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

It is not releasing any further details. Nearly 1,400 foreign military personnel have died in the country since the invasion eight years ago that ousted the Taliban from power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

One of his first declarations was that no one in his ruling council would stand as a candidate in elections because the military had no wish to cling to power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The head of a coalition of Mauritanian political parties opposing the military leaders who seized power last year has said that talks toward the resolution of the country's political crisis have ended unsuccessfully.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12