More than seven thousand six hundred bird and other wildlife strikes were reported for civilian aircraft in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

If a batter gets three strikes, he loses his turn at bat and is called out.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Recent strikes against foreign companies have included suppliers for Japanese car makers Honda and Toyota.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

And,as more nations launch spacecraft, the risk of debris strikes will only grow.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

We also might tell the person that three strikes and you are out.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

This demand led to a number of strikes and protests throughout the country.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

In some places, the strikes turned into riots, and the riots became violent.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The troops stopped the riots and ended the strikes.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

"Certainly,to tie the hands of our commanders and say we are not going to conduct air strikes would be imprudent,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.10

"It's also trying to overcome the fear of cholera, because it's a new disease and it's unknown and it strikes quickly,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Washington says the system is aimed at undermining missile strikes from countries such as Iran and North Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Secretary Gates notes that the current and former Afghanistan commanders have both limited offensive air strikes in order to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

But he says that extensive losses and damage to non-combatants in aerial strikes by international forces have seriously undermined NATO's credibility among ordinary Afghans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Geoffrey Crothall of the Hong-Kong based China Labor Bulletin says the strikes are tolerated because they are private disputes between factory workers and factory bosses.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Last week, Palestinians stepped up mortar and rocket attacks, and Israel responded with air strikes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

This plant turns debris from buildings - many destroyed by Israeli air strikes - into sand and gravel that is then turned into cinder blocks for building.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Pakistani media broadcast footage of thousands of people walking out of the Lower Dir region, fleeing helicopter gunship attacks and artillery strikes against Taliban militants accused of attacking security forces.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

Army officials say nearly 30,000 troops have been deployed to take on an estimated In recent days, the military has launched several air and artillery strikes on suspected militant positions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

He smiles at the television cameras, sticks out his tongue with antic poses and hand gestures, strikes his "lightning bolt" pose, and tells reporters that he is on his way "to being a legend."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

General Petraeus appeared to be pointedly rejecting suggestions by some analysts, and some officials and members of Congress, that the United States should scale back its ground operations in Afghanistan and focus on air strikes and special operations missions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Speaking to reporters Friday, Secretary Gates would not be drawn publicly into the debate over whether the troop-intensive counterinsurgency strategy is best or whether a more limited commitment involving air strikes and Special Forces operations would be better.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

World Bank economist Louis Kuijs says he is not too concerned by strikes and says he does not see any signs that the industrial unrest will become a major problem for either social stability or for the Chinese and global economies.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24