The conflict began more than twenty-five years ago, when minority Tamils began fighting for an independent homeland.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

There can be fighting without war but there can be no war without an organization that makes it something more than just plain fighting.

就算没有战争,争斗同样可以存在,但没有组织,便没有战争,组织使的战争的意义超出了单纯的争斗

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Now that seems counterintuitive now because we think that a plant based diet may be more healthy for people than a meat based diet, but remember, that we're fighting off overnutrition and these folks were fighting off undernutrition.

现在看来似乎并非如此,因为我们认为,对于人类来说,植物性饮食比以动物性饮食更为健康,但是请记住,我们正在对抗营养过剩,而这些人们正在和营养不良作斗争

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In one day of fighting, more than twelve thousand Union soldiers were killed or wounded.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

More than four-thousand shells had been fired during the thirty-three hours of fighting.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The WFP aid program covers more than 2.5 million people displaced by the fighting in Pakistan's Swat Valley and Waziristan province.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

He has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, fighting what the royal palace calls a lung inflammation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The two countries remain technically at war, more than 50 years after fighting in the Korean War ended.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Parties now have more than a month to make their case to voters, but the LDP may be fighting a losing battle.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

The United Nations says more than 500,000 people fleeing the fighting have been registered by authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

In March and April, inter-tribal fighting killed more than in Akobo and Pibor counties.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

The Tamil Tigers began fighting for an independent state more than 25 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19