Pakistan's military has achieved a measure of success against Taliban militants in the Swat Valley and taken control of its main town,Mingora.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Government too faces a cleanup. Its main building suffered serious damage and the prosecutor's office was completely gutted.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

General Athar Abbas tells VOA the strategy has succeeded in one of its main goals.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

Its main goal is to use agriculture-based development to end hunger,reduce poverty and food insecurity,as well as increase opportunities for Africa to become a food exporter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

So it really prevents you from going low, and that's its main function."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The family's home was destroyed. Its main breadwinner was dead.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

He praises the show for its writing which skillfully sets off the chemistry among the three main characters.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

GM is continuing to produce its four main brands Cadillac,Chevrolet, Buick and GMC.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

The study found that the main shoot grows the best of all not because of its position at the top of the plant, but mostly because it got there first.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Most other Asian stock markets were down sharply, a reaction to word that Dubai's main investment arm is having trouble servicing its debt.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The Discovery and its seven-person crew will deliver a final set of solar arrays and the last main truss for the space station.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Republicans on the committee wanted stronger language, which they inserted in a Republican alternative to the main legislation,regarding U.S.support for Israel and its missile self-defense projects.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

In September,a power struggle erupted in violence in the lower Juba region between al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam, a clan-based Islamist-nationalist group which had been al-Shabab's main ally in its year-long battle to overthrow the U.N.-backed government in Mogadishu.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02