There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

For the next 12 hours, the medevac teams and machines will be on call to evacuate wounded troops from anywhere in eastern Afghanistan to Bagram's military-run trauma hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

"I call on all supporters of both ZANU-PF and MDC to unite as all Zimbabweans (Applause) to put the interests of our nation and our people first and to work for a new Zimbabwe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The convoy came after a week of protests by the demonstrators, known for wearing red, who have targeted the 15-month-old government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, calling on him to dissolve the parliament and call elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

Two hundred seventy people were killed in the attack. Opposition Scottish Labor leader Iain Gray was blunt in his criticism of Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who made the call to allow Abdel Basset al-Megrahi to leave prison and return home to Libya on compassionate grounds because he is terminally ill.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24