As he handed the basket to his wife, a sudden rush of cool rain put out the fire.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He might pick up a missile of some kind, a spear typically, and fire it at somebody as he goes by.

他可能会带上某种导弹,比如特质的尖矛,向经过他的某人开火

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There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

Winter brings cold weather and, with it,a danger as old as man's knowledge of fire.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

That means the long-range rocket, which international satellites have spotted on a North Korean launch pad, could fire its engines as early as Saturday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

As soon as they were stopped at a main check post, the attackers lobbed several grenades and opened fire with automatic weapons on the soldiers there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

Sounds of heavy and light machine gun fire rattled Maiduguri as Nigeria's army pounded suspected hideouts of the Islamic rebels in a bid to flush out remnants of the militant Boko Haram sect.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

But the decision to hold most of the exercise in Kitgum has raised questions as to whether Natural Fire 10 is part of preparations for a renewed military effort against the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The town of Marysville, which was almost obliterated in the disaster, remains a crime scene as investigators search the charred debris of buildings for more victims of a fire that was thought to have been started deliberately.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

"It is also important to remember that this is a cynical situation where the Tigers have herded a large number of people - thousands of people - into an enclave and used them as hostages to convince the international community to call for a cease-fire,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17