An earthquake off Java in 2006 triggered a tsunami that killed about 600 people on the island's southern coast.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It has been 3.5 years since the bombing of the mosque triggered one of the worst displacement crises in recent times.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

"I still get seizures. So now,when they remove the part that the seizure is triggered from, it's supposed to stop."

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The Greek government's near default on its loans triggered the financial crisis and also threatened the euro and countries using it.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Communist leader Fidel Castro's overthrow of the Cuban government in 1959 triggered a huge exodus of Cubans to the west Miami neighborhood.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Officials say an intense nighttime downpour triggered the flooding when most residents in the Himalayan region were asleep.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

The events of May 6 triggered an investigation as to whether the feverish sell-off stemmed from a computer glitch or market manipulation.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

The Tamil Tigers struggle for an independent homeland was triggered by complaints of discrimination against the minority Tamil community by the majority Sinhalese.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The issue of a new constitution for Kurdistan, which was removed from the ballot in weekend elections, triggered anxiety in both Washington and Baghdad.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

But their presence has nonetheless triggered one of France's hottest debates in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

The campaign triggered a massive surge in illegal production of low-quality home-brewed alcohol.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The debate itself was initially triggered by Srinagar's senior police superintendent, Afhad-ul-Mujtaba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

It's a type of severe anxiety that's triggered by a traumatic event.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

The act triggered outraged condemnation from all quarters, including The White House.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

But aerial strikes by U.S.drones against suspected militant targets in the tribal regions have triggered many angry complaints by the Pakistani government, particularly when the attacks result in civilian deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Most of those killed in last week's earthquake died when a landslide triggered by the quake swept boulders as big as trucks across a dozen homes in the village of Cikangkareng.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Mr.Zelaya's arrest by Honduran troops and deportation to Costa Rica was triggered by his efforts to hold a referendum that could have kept him in office beyond the end of his term in January.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"I still get seizures. So now,when they remove the part that the seizure is triggered from, (it's supposed to stop.") While Harris is in hospital, she is helping scientists understand how the brain comprehends and uses language.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

With a fledgling recovery gaining strength, it is easy to forget how close major industrialized nations came to economic collapse less than two years ago, an outcome that almost surely would have triggered a worldwide depression rivaling the Great Depression of the 1930s.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21