Europe and the United States have been at odds over ways to deal with the economic crisis, with Washington pushing the 27-nation European Union to spend more to fight it.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

He most always was a winner. If there was a dog-fight, he would try to win money on it.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

I did not intend to fight unless it became necessary in self-defense and in the performance of official duty.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

It always makes me feel sorry when I think of that last fight of his and the way it turned out.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

They wanted to start a fight. They would wait for someone to be brave enough to try to hit it off.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Studies have shown it can reduce the body's ability to fight disease and lead to serious health problems.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

An official from Kenya, Adam Barre Duale,said it showed a lack of unity in the fight against hunger.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Soon,white politicians saw that it was easier to meet the demands of the protesters than to fight them.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

It can be given to children as young as one, which is earlier than vaccines currently used to fight meningitis epidemics in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.12.15

Apache Indians considered it to be their land and were all too ready to fight for it.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

He wanted even more territory. But he realized he probably would have to fight for it.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

It was a lonely fight. But his camera and fighting words helped to get a law passed which would destroy the Mulberry Bend slum.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Some call it "the last best chance" for an agreement to fight climate change.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

He planned to spend the first year of it getting ready to fight.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

He said he would fight to the finish, if it took all summer.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

If there was a chicken-fight, he would try to win money on it.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

In the end,it was a fight that failed to win back their land.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

It gives you a real sense of a fight, the drama that's involved.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

It took only a moment. He was too surprised to fight me.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

It is also an important year in the fight against malaria.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Wherever people live in liberty or fight for it.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

It measures efforts by countries to fight human trafficking.

VOA: special.2010.06.14