Ethiopia's army entered Somalia in 2006 to drive out an al-Shabab backed administration in Mogadishu, but encountered stiff opposition and withdrew earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

Criminal charges against Muammar Gadhafi's son, Hannibal and his pregnant daughter-in-law were dropped after the two abused domestic servants reached an out-of court settlement and withdrew their complaint.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

After a recess, he backtracked and withdrew the statement.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

Pfizer withdrew Bextra from the market in two thousand five because of links to heart attacks and other problems.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

On Tuesday,the President's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services withdrew his nomination.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

So he decided to trick him. While most of his army withdrew and prepared to join Beauregard, Johnston sent a small force to attack Patterson's army.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

He withdrew after four years, following the deaths of his wife and mother.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

They withdrew from the Chicago convention and held one of their own.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

He and his remaining men withdrew to a small brick building.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

However,Republican leaders disapproved and she withdrew from the race.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

Most of the dead and wounded are said to be civilians who had recently returned to the capital after Ethiopian troops withdrew from Somalia in January.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

It arrested two Swiss businessmen, threatened to cut off crude oil deliveries, withdrew its money from Swiss banks, and told Swiss International Air Lines it could no longer fly to Tripoli.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Regional experts say the Afghan Taliban was able to rise to power in the 1990s after the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and the United States largely pulled out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The aim of the Israeli operation in December and January was also to weaken Hamas, the Islamist group that seized power in Gaza after Israel withdrew its forces and settlements from the enclave.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's stinging words came after Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and and called the U.N.Security Council to an emergency meeting demanding an impartial investigation into Monday's deadly attack.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01