Although the initial assault may not have been made in your own country, the hour of your liberation is approaching."

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Saresa Whitley is serving five years for assault at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, a women's prison in Oregon.

VOA: special.2011.06.30

This is the fourth day in the case of a man accused of assault with a deadly weapon.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

"So everyone has a sword?" "Assault and battery and you hand me a sword in Shakespeare?

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Taliban militants quickly claimed responsibility, saying 20 fighters mostly suicide bombers took part in the assault that began overnight.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Since the Israeli assault, rocket attacks from Gaza have continued, but in fewer numbers than before the operation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Terrorist suspect Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed in a helicopter assault Monday, according to Somali eyewitnesses.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The military is expected to launch a full-scale assault on Taliban militants in the region bordering Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The army's assault against militant targets in Lower Dir District has left the peace agreement in doubt.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

Israel says its three-week assault on the Gaza Strip was an act of legitimate self-defense in response to years of Palestinian rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"We have seen a dramatic rise [in the number of assault weapons being seized in Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

It is unclear how many attackers took part in the assault, how many people have been wounded or killed and how many people remain captive.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder has voiced support for reinstating the assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, saying it would be beneficial to both the United States and Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Abbas says the call was evidence the group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan had planned the assault from South Waziristan with the intention of taking hostages in order to free captured militants.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The American Civil Liberties Union has said that full body scans amount to a "humiliating" assault on the dignity of passengers that citizens in a free nation should not have to tolerate.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Israel says its forces operated in accordance to international law during the assault, which targeted Islamist militants who had been launching rockets and other attacks at communities in southern Israel for years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Malik also defended the efforts of Lahore's police, who recently came under fierce criticism after failing to kill or capture any of the attackers involved in the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) says armed with assault rifles and heavy machine guns raided an oil facility jointly operated by Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron in Rivers state.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

He expressed reluctance to comment on American domestic affairs, but suggested that a renewal of the now-expired U.S.ban on assault weapons would be helpful in curbing the flow of high-powered armaments to Mexican drug cartels.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Mr.Ahmadinejad's assault against opposition leaders comes at a time when he is being criticized by his own supporters for using poor judgment in trying to form a new government, and while Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has softened criticism of the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Monday saw mobilization by Palestinians against their own leadership, as anger mounts over a decision by the government of President Abbas to suspend efforts to bring war crimes charges against Israeli officials involved in the assault on militants in the Gaza Strip Hundreds of Palestinians protested peacefully in the West Bank town of Ramallah near Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05