Pakistan's new offensive against Taliban militants has been praised by U.S.officials eager for a more aggressive approach.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

India's election commission ruled the remarks were criminally offensive and said he should not be a candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

As U.S.Marines continued their new offensive across the Pakistani border in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, militants targeted a military base in the east with a truck bomb.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

Government troops launched a fierce offensive against the ONLF in early 2007 after the rebels attacked a Chinese owned oil exploration field in Ethiopia's Ebole district, killing 74 people.

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it wasn't a real effort to seek the truth,". Israel launched its offensive against Gaza's militant Hamas rulers in an attempt to halt years of rocket fire at Israeli towns.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Analysts say the latest attack is likely to push Pakistan to launch a long-awaited military offensive against terrorist bases in the Waziristan tribal region, which is also being used to launch attacks on international forces across the border in Afghanistan.

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Some people say "To Kill a Mockingbird" treats racism in a way that is simplistic, even offensive to blacks, and out of date in today's America.

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The government says the military offensive is also a hostage rescue operation.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

"The best antidote to intolerance is not the 'Defamation of Religions' approach of banning and punishing offensive speech, but rather a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and a vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression."

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Hours ahead of Saturday's offensive, Pakistani authorities imposed a curfew and turned off mobile phone service in some areas.

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General Abbas also says the military has forces deployed throughout the northwest in case there is a backlash against the offensive.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

A police convoy heading to Kandahar for the offensive was attacked eight times by insurgents on the road.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

A Thai blogger this month received a royal pardon after serving one year in jail for posting photos deemed offensive on the Internet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

But the offensive failed. Kony and his men subsequently launched a killing spree that left more than 1,000 people dead in eastern Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The criticism prompted the Pakistani government to order a major offensive in late April to regain control of the Swat and other insurgency hit districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

A communiqu sent to news agencies by e-mail says a multi-front offensive launched by the Ogaden National Liberation Front November 10th is still in progress.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Pakistan launched a major offensive in and around Swat in late April to check the Taliban advances in the northwestern mountainous valley, once a popular tourist resort.

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But the military has yet to launch a ground offensive there because it says it is consolidating gains in the Swat Valley before expanding the anti-insurgency activity.

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"Since then they actually launched a charm offensive, a peace offensive, to the outside, I think they felt some pain coming from the implementation of the U.N.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Strada says he believes coalition forces are planning to launch a major bombing offensive in Afghanistan and the hospital in Lashkar Gah is a problem for them.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Two security members were reported injured. In late April, Pakistan launched a major offensive in and around Swat to stop Taliban advances in the northwestern mountainous valley.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"People are going to see more security." But Steve Coll says the success of the Kandahar offensive really hinges on a psychological battle that will be more difficult to win.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

While the military has not publicly set a date for any major operation in the area, U.N.officials say some 80,000 civilians have fled the region in anticipation of a new offensive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The hard-line Pakistani religious leader, Sufi Mohammad, went missing three months ago when the military launched a major offensive to flush out Taliban militants from the northwestern valley of Swat and several neighboring districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

A major military offensive in South Waziristan is underway and has killed hundreds of Taliban fighters but has not been able to capture or kill Hakimullah Mehsud or any of his key deputies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

He dismissed as "biased and unjust" a U.N.Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during its December Gaza offensive, saying his country was acting in self-defense against militant rocket fire.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

The military is trying to complete a two-month offensive to dislodge Taliban fighters in the Swat Valley region, and will soon begin a similar operation to hunt down top Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in South Waziristan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04