But at this moment, a border tapestry by Flemish artist Pieter van Aelst picturing the four seasons captures your interest.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Supporters say the law will help reduce crime by illegal immigrants who cross the border from Mexico into Arizona.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The area was just across the border from Alaska, which was owned by the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

The Russian Border administration being established by the agreements grants it full immunity from the civil and administrative jurisdiction of both republics.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The residents left their homes near the country's border with Guinea-Bissau after recent increases in attacks by Senegalese rebels in the area.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"They are inspired by and at times receive support directly from groups operating along the Afghan-Pakistani border .

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

But when Mr.Taylor reached the border, he was arrested for violating the terms of his asylum by trying to travel outside Nigeria without permission.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

The incident raised fears of another war. In 2006,a deadly cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerrillas sparked a 34-day Israeli air and ground assault on Lebanon.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Backed by the U.N.account, Israeli troops returned to the border area on Wednesday and continued pruning trees and bushes which could provide cover for terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Environmental activists say plans by Laos to build a dam in the Don Sahong area near the Cambodian border could doom the nearly extinct Irrawaddy dolphin.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

She has called the lethal mutiny by the border guards a pre-planned conspiracy to try to sabotage her agenda to make Bangladesh a stable secular democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid more than three years ago and has been held in the Gaza Strip ever since.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

She notes the Mauritanian border town of Rosso, on the banks of the Senegal River, also has been lashed by heavy rains and devastated by floods.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

has slowed slightly. Analyst say it's due in part to the economic downturn, tougher border enforcement and an increase in workplace raids by police looking for illegals.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Six South Koreans were killed when the North opened the gates to a dam near the border, flooding the banks of a river shared by both sides.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The Obama administration has boosted the number of federal agents and augmented other resources along the U.S.border with Mexico in response to the increasing violence by drug gangs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

But he made clear it is regional in nature - designed to deal with the threat posed by militants and extremists on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The two sides have fought deadly naval clashes in 1999 and 2002 in the disputed maritime region west of the peninsula, where the North has always rejected a sea border drawn by the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

She said the Obama administration intends to devote hundreds more agents and more effective equipment to stem gun-running across the border and curb illegal purchases in U.S.gun shops by so-called "straw men" fronting for Mexican criminals.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Israel had hoped that negotiations on what Palestinians call the siege of Gaza would result in the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured by Gaza-based militants in a cross-border raid into Israel in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10