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

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani Sadr, who was overthrown in a coup by religious leaders, including Ayatollah Khomeini,in 1981, called the election a fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

stars as Perseus in this remake of a 1981 hit film.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

and the French-born action filmmaker says sought the advice of 89-year-old Ray Harryhausen, the special effects pioneer who used stop-motion animation to bring mythological creatures to life in the 1981 film.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

In 1981 Ayala joined a legal battle as an expert witness in the challenge against an Arkansas law mandating that the biblical story of creation be taught in schools, alongside Darwin's theory of evolution.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

They were later released. In 1981,Tehran authorities changed the name of the road running in front of the British embassy from Churchill Street to Bobby Sands Street, after the Irish Republican Army member who died on a hunger strike in prison.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02