This character fights against the forces of nature to try to realize his dream of building a performance center in Iquitos,Peru.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

For this reason, British and American forces decided instead to attack the Italian and German troops occupying North Africa.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

"Your forces," he wrote, "fired this morning on a civilian ship flying the flag of my government.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

This offensive is already producing dramatic success, including the capture of senior Taliban leaders, the routing of their forces and the stabilization of key areas."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

He thought that this was evidence that the bottom of the ocean had been lifted up by powerful geological forces over long periods of time.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

The little river began to rise. The commander of Confederate forces in Richmond saw this as a chance to smash a large part of McClellan's army.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

"This risk could push our forces further from the battle space, compromising our ability to bring our conventional superiority to bear.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

And he says that is already happening in areas where forces President Obama deployed earlier this year are operating.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The Taliban advances in the northwestern districts early this year had raised questions about Pakistan's ability to rein in extremist forces.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

three,the international community, including the forces under General McChrystal's command, are going to go all out to help make this a success."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The government of the Netherlands collapsed in February after the prime minister tried to keep Dutch forces in Afghanistan from returning home this year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

It is the site of what used to be his son's home before Israeli forces came here early one morning this week and demolished it.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Pakistani security forces largely succeeded in preventing mass demonstrations by political activists and lawyers earlier this week by blocking roads and arresting hundreds of protest leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Many of them fled fighting in Burma. This latest flood of villagers came as Burmese forces moved in on rebel fighters from the Karen National Union.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The B-1 is a strategic bomber that was not originally designed to provide direct air support to ground forces, which was the mission in this instance.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Admiral Mullen welcomed the statement by Afghan President Hamid Karzai this week that he wants his forces to be able to take responsibility for security in the country by 2014.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22