Judge Rosemary Barkett received this year's Award for Public Service for her commitment, as an Arab American, to justice and equality.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

The survey reports that support for democracy as the best form of government has fallen from 84 percent in 2006 to 78 percent in this year's poll.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

More than 200 individuals and organizations were nominated this year, but as Jagland explains, Barack Obama won for giving the world hope for a better future and for striving for a nuclear-free world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Orders for commercial airplanes are expected to be lower this year, as airlines cope with an expected America's Boeing executives in Dubai put on a brave face, saying that fulfilling back orders will keep their production lines busy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15