Mutallab,an engineering student who studied in Britain, told investigators he was acting on instructions from al-Qaida and got the explosive materials in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

He said the Treasury Department now has the authority to block or seize any assets, accounts or securities under U.S.jurisdiction held by these organizations or anyone acting on their behalf.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Once he sets eyes on her, or sees her, she might try to get him interested in her by acting playful.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

In another study, some brown pelicans on the west coast of the United States have been acting mysteriously.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

They will receive Academy Awards for the best acting,directing,writing,editing,music and other work on movies released last year.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

The acting prime minister, Mohammed Ghannouchi, has also removed all restrictions on the media.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

We have no other choice but to go forward and to keep our minds on acting firmly on the knowledge we already have;

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"Our plan is based on the belief that fast-acting tax relief is the most effective way to put our economy back on track,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The acting director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control, Richard Besser, spoke on ABC's "This Week" program.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

When Dean sold his company in 1984, he continued to build on his acting career, that earlier included a supporting role in the 1971 motion picture, "Diamonds Are Forever."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

She is a writer on the series and stars in it. She lost out on the acting Emmy to Toni Collette,however, the Australian performer who stars in the series United States of Tara.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood said Clinton,in her calls to the Pakistani leadership on Saturday, urged a non-violent settlement of the confrontation with the opposition and said that there should be no impediments to peaceful, democratic assembly.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16