At the heart of the issues that divided the South from the North was slavery.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Kashmir has been a divided and disputed territory since India and Pakistan gained independence from the British in 1947.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

Delhi Police special cell joint commissioner P.N.Aggarwal tells reporters the suspects are from Kupwara, a district under Indian control in divided Kashmir, and are being interrogated.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The last time families from the divided Koreas met was in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

So from that point of view I would give him a good score,". The Israeli public is divided on the settlement issue: The poll showed that 46 percent of respondents support continuing construction in the West Bank even if it means a confrontation with the U.S.- 44 percent were opposed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03