A crash of thunder sounded as a bolt of lighting struck the ground close to the basket where the rain babies slept.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He said the world knows of her because of a single act of bravery that struck a deadly blow to racial hatred.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to remember the hour when the earthquake struck.

VOA: special.2011.03.19

But the object that struck Jupiter in July is estimated to have been much smaller and harder to see than comet Shoemaker-Levy.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The summit was moved from an island to the area in central Italy where a powerful earthquake struck just three months ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

It struck the Lady Elgin. But the Augusta's Captain D.M.Malott continued on to Chicago, failing to help victims on the passenger boat.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

But a bullet fired very close to the policeman struck his chest.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Panico says five years after the tsunami struck, most communities are better equipped and better prepared to deal with disasters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Merrin Guest left Marysville to attend a party in Melbourne with her husband before the flames struck on that terrible Saturday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

For Fofana the balance has yet to be struck between freedom of expression and the right to reputation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Shelby noted that GM is just the latest private corporation to fall under government control since the financial crisis struck last year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

He said special deals were struck with some Democratic Senators to get them to support the bill.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

Officials say a roadside bomb in Uruzgan province, apparently meant to target Afghan and foreign troops, struck two passenger cars Saturday killing 14 civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The two struck up a friendship during then-candidate Barack Obama's trip to the region last year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Israeli war planes struck targets in Gaza on Tuesday in response to a rocket attack.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The early morning missile strike in the tribal region known as North Waziristan is said to have struck a vehicle carrying local and foreign militants.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Mr.Fillon also struck back at critics in the media and within the Obama administration who say Europe needs to spend more on government economic stimulus.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The diseases have struck isolated communities that lie to the north of the capital,Port Moresby.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The earthquake struck late Tuesday reducing much of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince to rubble.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

In the president's motorcade, a vehicle carrying photographers collided with an ambulance as it traveled to the event, and was struck by a falling tree limb as it returned.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

In the past oil and ecology have struck a delicate balance in Louisiana, but as the massive slick drifts closer to the coast that could be coming to an end.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

"The thing that struck me when we had our discussions in Malaysia 18 months ago, was how they were positioning themselves to become a financial services hub, particularly for Islamic finance.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15