The vote is supposed to take place in the West Bank, which is controlled by Mr.Abbas, and the Gaza Strip which is ruled by its rival faction Hamas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Israel pulled out of the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in 2005, and today it is controlled by Hamas, a violent Islamic militant group that refuses to recognize the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

The flotilla aimed to break a blockade that Israel has imposed on the Gaza Strip in an effort to stop weapons from reaching the region that is controlled by the militant Hamas movement.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

The nomination is expected to reach the full Senate for a vote before the Democratic-controlled Congress leaves for its August break.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

This is a big change from earlier models where NASA led and controlled the development of space vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

These Incan buildings face severe damage if the number of visitors is not more carefully controlled.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

VOA Special English is an example of a controlled language.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

It is also the first time that the government allowed refugees to return to areas which were formerly controlled by the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Rashid Abdi says the bombing has convinced many ordinary Somalis that al-Shabab is increasingly being controlled by foreign fighters, who have no regard for Somali lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"This is not part of the political process. The political process is very tightly controlled and the entry to the political stage is very tightly filtered and controlled by the Kremlin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

So that's the main reason why we have the Heron there." Israel is one of the pioneers of combat drones, having used the remote-controlled aircraft in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Though Mr.Yala is from the country's ethnic majority, which has long controlled the military, he was toppled in a 2003 coup before unilaterally declaring himself president and temporarily seizing the presidential palace in 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

U.S.military officials said the commando operation took place in the coast district of Barawe in southern Somalia, which is heavily controlled by al-Shabab, a radical Islamist terrorist group thought to have direct links with al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The election,for the most part, she adds,went smoothly. Husseini told al Arabiya TV the process of tabulating votes is being done in Baghdad, "due to the ability to conduct business in a strictly controlled environment, according to international standards."

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

"I define success as the ability to empower and transfer responsibility to Afghans as rapidly as possible, and achieve a sufficient level of stability to ensure that we can leave behind an Afghanistan that is not controlled by al-Qaida or the Taliban,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"So there's a big question mark,". "Who is responsible for such a heavy increase of production and export of the narcotics, because all of the areas where this cultivation is underway are controlled by NATO forces in one way or other?" Akhonzadeh said this reality cannot be ignored and called for new ideas,strategies and methods to tackle the problems of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27