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

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

Also among the top news stories was the huge earthquake that struck China in May.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

The first thing that struck Georgiana when entering the laboratory was the hot furnace.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

He did not know he was so hard struck.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says she is disappointed a deal on climate change was not struck in Copenhagen.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

At 3.32 a.m., the time the deadly quake struck last April 6, a requiem was played in L'Aquila's central Piazza Duomo.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

"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

In a brief statement to reporters after the summit, Mr.Obama did not spell out a specific strategy designed to secure agreement, but European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso was upbeat that a deal could be struck.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

And I was very struck in my research for this piece to see that the loudest complaints are actually coming from the Indians, because the Indians say that the terrorists who attacked in Mumbai in 2008 used BlackBerries for their communications, and the Indian authorities could not listen in to what they were saying.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11