Dozens of jeeps carrying masked Israeli commandos rolled into the West Bank town of Nablus before dawn and surrounded the homes of three Palestinian gunmen.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Voters in Namibia turned out in large numbers before dawn to cast their ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Astronauts opened the shutters of this new picture window in space before dawn Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Three days later, Feiler awoke before dawn with a big idea: he would assemble a group of trusted men to serve as surrogate fathers after his death.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

The new schedule calls for Endeavour to lift off before dawn on Wednesday, the same day that NASA had hoped to launch a separate mission to survey the moon.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16