Lee hoped for a final, decisive blow that would bring the war to an end.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

Security Council resolution." North Korea has indicated that it will not return to the six-party talks until the U.S.signs a peace agreement to officially end the Korean War.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Larger prospects for growth are being proclaimed by government officials after this year's defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, which brought an end to a quarter century of civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

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

The president said that includes bringing the Iraq war to a responsible end and pursuing a new, comprehensive strategy to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

At the end of ten years of violent civil war, the Lome Peace Accord gave a blanket amnesty to all fighters except a handful of leaders "who bore the greatest responsibility" for the war crimes committed.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07