In eighteen sixty-one, the American Civil War put an end to steamboat traffic on the Mississippi.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Buchanan believed the Supreme Court's decision would put an end to the dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

It was no problem to put an end to the independent treasury.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

"My wish is that the declarations by President Obama inspires action to put an end to the hotspots in the Middle East,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

It did not stem overpopulation, cut poverty, lower the divorce rate or put an end to unwanted pregnancies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"We strongly urge the government to immediately put an end to the human rights violations in the country,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

They fed on the worms that fed on the sludge. Harbor cleanup put an end to that.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

To put an end to Cold War thinking, we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others to do the same."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Iran is played host to a high-profile summit of two key war-torn neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, in a bid to put an end to conflicts that rage along its borders.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

Al Arabiya TV reports that the government is welcoming the Houthi rebel leader's offer to negotiate to put an end to the bitter fighting which has devastated parts of Saada province.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

The two sides did not make any additional comments regarding requests from Chinese officials for Washington to put an end to curbs on "dual use" high-tech exports that have possible military applications.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"That is how we will restore trust and confidence in our markets." "That is how we will help to put an end to the cycles of boom and bust that we have seen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.24

Family and friends of jailed U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi are saying they are relieved she has decided to put an end to her two-week old hunger strike, in the aftermath of an Iranian pledge to hear her appeal next week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

Mr.Talabani,who is an ethnic Kurd, and whose Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party (PUK) is the smaller of Kurdistan's two major parties, has been mediating between other Kurdish leaders to put an end to the terror activities of the Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK), which have long angered Ankara.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"It is our belief that within the framework of Iraq's central government, alongside our Kurdish brethren of Iraq's Kurdish regional government we have reached an understanding to put an end,together, ."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23