Canadian soldiers had crossed the Niagara River and burned a boat that was used to carry supplies to the rebels.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

He crossed the Rio Grande River. He marched toward Monterrey,the major trading and transportation center of northeast Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

The Librarian of Congress James Billington said Stevie Wonder has crossed musical and cultural borders and given to humanity in ways far beyond entertainment.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

They left Washington, crossed the Potomac River, and seized the towns of Arlington and Alexandria.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

They crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Africa, where they stopped in Senegal, Chad,Sudan and Ethiopia.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

Instead we crossed the Mississippi River with our money and our spirits running low.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

But by then, Lee and his men had crossed safely back into Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

They seized the armory, then crossed the street and seized the supply center.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

He crossed the Pacific Ocean on a ship, and arrived in San Francisco.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

Later,American explorers Lewis and Clark crossed the Louisiana territory to reach Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Lee's army crossed western Maryland and entered Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

It shouldn't be best practices to have spills in the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, in the Yellowstone River in Montana and potentially in the future in the Ogallala aquifer which would be crossed by this new proposed Keystone XL pipeline."

VOA: special.2011.07.08

The groups say villagers crossed Thailand's western border to escape escalating fighting between Burmese forces and Karen rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Lebanese officials continue to insist Israeli forces crossed into Lebanese territory and the Lebanese Army acted in self-defense.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

In the closing event, Shelly-Ann Fraser jumped out of the starting blocks and never trailed as she crossed the finish line in a world-leading time of 10.73 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

Lebanon said the Israelis had crossed into Lebanese territory while trying to prune a cypress tree for better visibility, and that the army acted in self-defense against Israeli "aggression."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Tensions remained high along Israel's border with Gaza, where the Israeli military says gunfire erupted after militants crossed the border from Gaza into Israel and opened fire at soldiers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

He describes his reaction to the arrests. "Happy because I think the parents and the community took the right actions but sad because members of the Muslim community, kids that I might have crossed paths with at some time, got into that false ideology,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20