Therefore,to send troops to a state where federal officers had resigned such as South Carolina would be an act of war against the state.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Thurlow Weed, one of the important Whig leaders in the state of New York, remembered how the people had loved Jackson, the hero of the War of 1812.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

The former state-owned carrier once symbolized the strength of the country's post-war economic boom.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

The Tamil Tigers,long classified by the United States as a terrorist group, waged a 26-year war for an ethnic-Tamil state in the northern part of the mostly-Sinhalese country before its defeat and final surrender in May.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Today's nuclear threat differs from that of the Cold War, according to U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, "The threat of nuclear war, nuclear attack that we grew up with in the Cold War has diminished.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Mr.Obama,a day after brokering the first face-to-face meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders since the Gaza war late last year, said the United States will continue its pursuit of a two state solution to the Middle East conflict.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Stratfor was one of several organizations earlier this year warning that Mexico could become a failed state if it does not win the war against the criminal elements that hold sway over some areas of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18