Like many Zimbabweans he fears that ZANU-PF will resume its campaign of violence if and when any elections are scheduled.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The political uncertainty comes as Afghanistan faces its worst violence since the invasion that ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

There also have been at least five instances of violence since the Pakistani military began its offensive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The Italian aid group Emergency has had a tense relationship with local authorities in violence-wracked Helmand province, due in part to its policy of treating all patients.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

This latest incident comes at a time when Afghanistan is witnessing its worst violence of the eight-year-long war following the ouster of the Taliban from power in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

While violence in Iraq continues to be at its lowest level in years, the president made a reference to problems, saying terrorists continue to try to derail progress.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The ongoing violence he witnessed eventually took its toll.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

We must protect them from violence, whatever its nature.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

The New South Wales Supreme Court heard that the group planned to use bombs or firearms to commit "extreme violence" to punish Australia for its involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

It has worked closely with the United States,Australia and its Southeast Asian neighbors to contain militant Islamists who wanted to use violence to establish a single Muslim nation across much of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki already warned lawmakers,Saturday, that a failure to approve the electoral law would cause the government to "lose its legitimacy" and thrust the country back into an atmosphere of chaos and violence.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

They are certainly regrettable and horrible in terms of loss of life, but the reaction from the Iraqi people and the Iraqi leaders was firm and united in rejecting that violence and refusing to allow it to set Iraqi against Iraqi, which is obviously one of its intended goals,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.25