Another serious blow was the August 2008 five-day war with Russia over the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

They're theories of everything, encompassing just about everything that matters, day-to-day life, child development, mental illness, religion, war, love.

它们试图对世间的一切做出解释，包括了日常生活，儿童发展，心理疾病，宗教，战争及爱情。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I was in The British War Museum, the Imperial War Museum the other day, and I'd been there four or five times, and I went--and they have a thing where you can look up dead people.

我去过英国军事博物馆,有一天去帝国军事博物馆,我去过四五次了,我又去了,那有一个,东西你可以搜索阵亡人

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Israel captured the Golan from Syria during the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1981.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Far more unrealistic would be the belief of those who argue, and I'm thinking here of names like Immanuel Kant and others from the eighteenth and nineteenth century, that one day we can abolish war altogether, and therefore abolish the passions that give rise to conflict and war.

不切实际,将是那些争辩者的信念，就像康德或其它,十八及十九世纪的思想家，幻想有一天我们可以全面终止战争，进而废除,引起冲突与战争的激情。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

a war that was costing the government three million dollars a day and the lives of the nation's young men.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

November eleventh,nineteen eighteen, was the day Germany signed a cease-fire agreement with the Allies in World War One.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

She sang the song to celebrate Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of World War One.

VOA: special.2009.12.20

Almost any time of day, you can see people looking for the name of a family member or friend who died in the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Before the war, many rural communities gathered around a bonfire to tell stories, discuss the day's events and resolve problems.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The costly D-Day battle would mark a turning point in the war, and would change the lives of survivors like Earl Norwood.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

The upsurge in violence came a day before the first anniversary of the Gaza War,in which more than 1,100 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

The incident raised fears of another war. In 2006,a deadly cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerrillas sparked a 34-day Israeli air and ground assault on Lebanon.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

The 18-day exercise, code named Yudh Abhyas or preparation for war, concludes Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

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

In its report,the U.N.panel headed by South African Judge Richard Goldstone said Israeli forces and Palestinian Hamas forces committed violations of international law, including war crimes, during the 22-day conflict which left 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Mr.Obama,a day after brokering the first face-to-face meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders since the Gaza war late last year, said the United States will continue its pursuit of a two state solution to the Middle East conflict.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Mr.Obama's June 4 speech in the Egyptian capital will take place as part of a trip that will include visits to Germany and France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War Two.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

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