Without firing a shot, Brown now controlled the three places he wanted in Harpers Ferry.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Many have little sympathy for those in the Gaza Strip, where militants have been firing rockets at Israel for several years.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Both the test-firing and the sanctions vote come in the midst of an ongoing conflict between Iran and the West over its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

But tensions remain between the United States and Pakistan, particularly about Mr.Obama's decision to continue firing missiles from unmanned aircraft at suspected al-Qaida bases in Pakistan's tribal regions, near the border with Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03