A group of small states on the coast of North Africa was seizing American ships and holding their crews hostage.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

President Obama says crews have made progress in cleaning up the spill, but the job is not done.

VOA: special.2011.04.23

He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army as it fled from coalition forces.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

The crews would have to radio those ports from out at sea and request permission to land.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

The modern tools and his Wild Well Control techniques earned Red Adair and his crews the honor of being called the "best in the business."

VOA: special.2009.03.22

The Congressional Research Service estimates that pirates were paid more than thirty million dollars for the release of ships and crews they held last year.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

They are expected to begin serving on crews next year or early two thousand twelve.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

They fight fires that crews cannot reach quickly or easily from the ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

He taught himself to be a pilot. During World War II, he designed a machine used to train military aircraft crews to fire guns at enemy aircraft.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Crews then turned to placing a cap over the pipe -- not to stop it, but to direct at least some of the oil to ships on the surface.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The crews' efforts put out about seven hundred Kuwaiti fires.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Shuttle crews placed the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

The crews drop instruments attached to parachutes.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

The goal of these exercises is to practice, so when a real emergency hits these crews will be prepared.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

"Other than that it was driving rain the first day." Crews visually scan for ribbons and sheets of oil.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

The complex is being built with the support of 15 nations and space crews from around the world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Clean-up crews worked over the July 4th holiday weekend, usually a time when tourists go to the beach.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Authorities say the crews of the Thai fishing boats appear safe and that the hijacked vessels are heading towards the Somali coast.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Three times a day,crews take off from the Coast Guard station in Clearwater to search for oil.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Now the pace of construction has picked up as crews assemble more sections of the station.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

He said technicians are confident that they have fixed the hydrogen leak, which was found while NASA crews were filling the shuttle's external fuel tank.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

As the oil has spread and washed ashore at Gulf Coast beaches and wetlands, cleanup crews have been trying to scoop up what they can.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

About 50 kilometers off the coast of Pensacola, crews spot something in the water.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

The World Health Organization is renewing its appeal to the Israeli government to allow necessary medical equipment, spare parts,and repair crews to enter the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Shipping companies are known to pay hundreds of thousands - and sometimes millions - of dollars in ransom for the release of their crews and vessels.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

When the call comes, the 56th's six-person crews can be airborne within minutes.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Crews are deployed in Lake Barre to clean marshland hit by oil residue.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

But crews try to collect it before it spreads to other areas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

At Bagram Air Base, U.S.Air Force crews prepare their helicopters.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27