The reason: Pakistan's army felt abandoned when the U.S.lost interest in the region following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Fifteen dead in a gun battle in Taxco. Fifty-five more at an abandoned silver mine near that same tourist town.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

This woman named Artemia was abandoned by her smuggler in the desert and now she faces a dilemma.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Some politicians claimed the United States had abandoned the region in order to repair relations with Russia, which strongly opposed the previous missile plan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Rondeli said an important message of Clinton's trip is that it shows the United States has not abandoned Georgia, and will remain an influence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"We've brought in tons of rubble that we get from other abandoned buildings."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Mr.Toure recognized those who had worked on the legislation and assured them that this new code, nearly a decade in the making, was not being abandoned entirely.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

In what critics deemed well-orchestrated political theater a controversial candidate abandoned further attempts to prevent arrest and turned himself in while a rowdy crowd of supporters cheered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

But the prime minister also admits that in a country where HIV and AIDS victims are often abandoned by their families, fear of the disease could make it almost impossible to stop its spread.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

(SAYING) On the southern coast - known as the Costa del Sol - block after block of apartments lie empty or half finished, many of them designed for foreign buyers who have long since abandoned the idea of investing in Spain.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24