From those I've spoken to, the staff remain committed, yet still fighting a system diseased with failings.

BBC: Death on the Wards revisited

Officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the agency was deploying additional staff and is assembling snow-fighting equipment for area's airports, bridges and tunnels, and the PATH train system.

WSJ: Blizzard Barrels Toward Area

Tomorrow, there'll be 40 shop floor staff from Welsh Remploy factories in the Senedd, fighting for their jobs.

BBC: Difficult reading, difficult call

We are fighting not only for our future, but for new staff who are coming up.

BBC: BA Christmas strikes: Staff reaction

Pompey had been fighting for most of the season to avoid administration with players and staff not paid on more than one occasion.

BBC: West Ham win relegates Portsmouth to Championship

The college has 1, 100 staff in total, and those taking strike action said they were not only fighting for their own future, but for the future of their students.

BBC: K College staff strike over plans to cut jobs

The head of France's joint chiefs of staff has said that it is "probable" that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in fighting in Mali.

BBC: Islamist commander Abou Zeid's death in Mali 'probable'

Lewis and his staff beat the odds by melding comic books, classical mythology and modern production techniques, and by fighting a few demons of their own on the way.

FORBES: Ordinary Hero

His starting point is General George Marshall, the Army chief of staff during the Second World War, who culled underperforming generals and promoted the better ones, constructing a ruthlessly efficient fighting force.

NEWYORKER: General Principles