A few hours later, General Grant rode into the crossroads village of Appomattox Court House.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

When the targeted area was cleaned up Thursday morning and the first truck was loaded, village children suggested they take more bags into other neighborhoods.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

It is a community haunted by its past. In April 1999,Indonesian soldiers and Timorese militias stormed into the village church, where 2,000 residents had sought refuge.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

In this village tucked into a rocky mountainside, piles of household refuse tumble down the winding streets and pollute the otherwise picturesque gardens and terrace farms.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

He turned his passion into a career when he moved to the French village of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, the first town that was liberated by the Americans in Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Leone was hit hard by the tsunami. Last Tuesday, the usually peaceful ocean surged into a mountain of water that swept through the scenic seaside village, on the southwest side of the main island.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

He was still breathing," In one of the cases this month, a 45-year-old Roma woman was killed in the eastern village of Kisleta and her 13-year-old daughter was seriously injured when police say gunmen broke into their home at night and shot the victims in their sleep.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22