Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona says that the Tamil Tigers are deliberately not allowing civilians to leave the war zone and are using them as a buffer against attacks by the military.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"Europe has to provide, the euro zone has to provide, a comprehensive solution to this problem.

VOA: special.2010.12.24

At previous summits, the United States set forth an ambitious and still unattained goal: forging a vast, hemisphere-wide free-trade zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Defense made stops when they had to and Drew did a good job getting his team in the end zone.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

However,the zone has run into a series of serious complications amid worsening relations between North and South.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

"Working in a field hospital outside of a nuclear,contaminated zone is a little different than working in a combat zone in Iraq or Afghanistan."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

He sees a connection between the flooding incident and North's conciliatory proposal on Kaesong zone wages.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

U.N.Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes visited the conflict zone,Friday, during a three-day visit to Yemen, inspecting one of five refugee camps in the north of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara says the army is now less than a kilometer away from a safe zone, which was set up to protect civilians inside rebel-controlled territory.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

But Bangkok is looking and sounding increasingly like a war zone.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

For South Korean officials, his detention without visiting rights or legal counsel is a key concern, because it reflects upon the overall safety of several hundred corporate managers in the zone.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

At one point,there were as many as 300 people a day being deported through Juarez, which has gained a reputation as the most dangerous city in the world outside a war zone.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

She adds that is in line with previous years. South Korean companies employ nearly 40,000 North Koreans to produce basic manufactured goods at a special cooperative zone in the North Korean city of Kaesong.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Besson rejects criticism over the closure, saying the zone, known locally as "the jungle", was not a humanitarian camp but rather a hub for human traffickers and a place where people were exploited.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The authorities have declared large stretches of normally white-sand beaches along the popular surf region of the Sunshine Coast a disaster zone, as well as Moreton and Bribie islands, which are national parks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

U.N.officials say the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have ignored calls to release tens of thousands of civilians they are using as a "buffer" between them and the military in the combat zone.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

It says the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have lost many senior leaders and are now confined in a 20 square kilometer safety zone that has been designated by the government for civilians seeking sanctuary from the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

The government's outright rejection for a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels came a day after the European Union said the situation of civilians trapped in the war zone is dangerous and called for a cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Since last year's inauguration of conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak who North Korea calls a "traitor" North Korea has restricted access to the zone, detained a South Korean executive for more than two months without trial, and cancelled all of the contracts governing rent and wages.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05