• These are widely recognized as far less conducive to a first-strike than are short-time-of-flight ballistic missiles.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Roundtable Discussion On The B-2 Bomber

  • Beyond first-choice strike-duo of Rooney and Aston Villa's Emile Heskey, Capello has called-up Tottenham pair Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch, Sunderland's Darren Bent, Heskey's Villa team-mate Gabriel Agbonlahor and West Ham's Carlton Cole ahead of Owen for England's successful World Cup qualifying campaign.

    BBC: Michael Owen hat-trick delights Sir Alex Ferguson

  • Gerrard came close to opening the scoring when he collected a Torres pass and curled a dipping first-time strike towards goal, only for a back-tracking Brad Friedel to tip it over the bar.

    BBC: Aston Villa 0-1 Liverpool

  • Home keeper Wayne Hennessey then pulled off a fine save, low to his right, from Aruna Dindane's first-time strike.

    BBC: Wolves 0-1 Portsmouth

  • Captain Ben Davies, the club's second top scorer with 10 goals from midfield, scored Shrewsbury's lone first-half strike at Kenilworth Road.

    BBC: Shrews cannot rely solely on Holt

  • Tunisia had anticipated a place in Burkina Faso after putting up a good display in Kumasi, despite losing 1-0 from a first-half strike.

    BBC: Ghana survive in Tunisia

  • His pass was perfectly weighted into Klose's path and the captain's first-time strike with the outside of his right foot found the bottom corner.

    BBC: Wales 0-2 Germany

  • The substitute scored with almost his first touch with a sumptuous left foot first-time strike from a tight angle, after a great little ball from Zidan.

    BBC: Algeria 0-4 Egypt

  • The Swede is expected to pick his first-choice strike partnership of Liverpool's Michael Owen and Everton's Wayne Rooney with Emile Heskey and Alan Smith on the bench.

    BBC: Ledley King is poised to start for England

  • Villa sunk Honduras with a spectacular first-half strike and a deflected effort after the break but Spain wasted several other opportunities, including a missed penalty from Villa.

    BBC: World Cup 2010: Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque unhappy

  • Gennaro Sardo's stunning first-half strike proved to be the only goal of the game as Juve turned in a performance lacking energy and confidence which comes on the back of a 3-0 hammering at the hands of Milan in their last league outing.

    CNN: Ronaldinho hat-trick sees Milan close gap

  • So while GE, the world's largest manufacturing company, theoretically faced a strike--and there was a two-day national strike in January, the first at GE since 1969--the threat of a strike has probably never been as serious as it is today.

    FORBES: As GE Reaches Deal, Strikes Are Disappearing

  • They began their first one-day strike last Friday and have three more days of industrial action planned.

    BBC: Third strike by shipyard workers

  • Most importantly, she would be well-advised to develop a toe-first foot strike, which would totally solve the problem.

    FORBES: Connect

  • United recovered from going behind to James Milner's resulting penalty to win 2-1, courtesy of a first-half Michael Owen strike and Wayne Rooney's 74th-minute header.

    BBC: Nemanja Vidic lucky to escape red card - Alex Ferguson

  • Chelsea's 2-0 victory at Liverpool earlier in the day meant United had to beat Sunderland to keep their title hopes realistically alive and they did so, thanks to a first-half Nani strike after spurning several other opportunities.

    BBC: Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson hopes for Wigan favour

  • Diego Forlan capped an impressive performance with two goals - the first a 30-yard deflected strike, the second a well-taken penalty after Luis Suarez had been fouled by goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune, for which he was red carded - and Alvaro Pereira added a late third.

    BBC: South Africa 0-3 Uruguay

  • The National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have already voted for strike action over pensions, as has the National Association of Head Teachers - in the first strike call in its history.

    BBC: Teachers in NASUWT vote for strike over pensions

  • Following Monday's action - when an estimated 60, 000 workers downed their tools in Germany's first major strike since the mid-1990s - there was little hope of a speedy resolution.

    BBC: EU calls for German wage restraint

  • Mark Kolesar's short-handed goal was followed by a game-winning strike from Steve Aronson - his first for the club - in the 52nd minute.

    BBC: Giants lose again

  • The Tykes fell behind to a Steven Fletcher strike but hit back 60 seconds later through Jon Macken and then in first-half stoppage time with a spectacular strike from Anderson De Silva.

    BBC: Robins delighted with Tykes win

  • And that has added to the frustration over, for example, Mr Putin's backing for Syria's government or a senior Russian general's statement that the country did not rule out the possibility of a nuclear first strike against missile-defence sites.

    ECONOMIST: Russia and America

  • ATHENS, Greece -- Udomporn Polsak became the first Thai woman to strike Olympic gold as Asian athletes enjoyed another medal-laden day at the Games.

    CNN: Thai gold as Asian athletes excel

  • Union leaders call it the biggest strike in Iberia's history because it's the first time that all three units -- pilots, cabin crews and ground personnel -- have joined forces to strike and it's the first time so many days of strikes have been announced at one time.

    CNN: Iberia cabin crew strike over layoffs, salary cuts

  • One of his political high points came on the first morning of a public-transit strike in 1980.

    WSJ: Three-Term New York Mayor Ed Koch Dies at Age 88

  • Lee Wallace created Hearts' only good chance of the first half when his left-foot strike tipped round the post by Graeme Smith.

    BBC: Hearts 2-1 Motherwell

  • The first is that although the West is safe in the sense that the existential threat of invasion by a malevolent foreign power or a first strike by a nuclear-armed aggressor is now vanishingly small, the rise of jihadist terrorism has left people feeling vulnerable.

    ECONOMIST: Weighing safety against liberty

  • Villa substitute Thomas Hitzlsperger forced Taylor in action with a long-range strike late on - it was Villa's first shot on target of the afternoon.

    BBC: Birmingham 2-0 Aston Villa

  • As with their opponents, Japan were bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time and came closest to scoring during a game of few chances when Daisuke Matsui smashed a long-range strike against the crossbar in the first half.

    BBC: Paraguay 0-0 Japan (5-3 pens)

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