Nearby,artists make female figures out of orange clay.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

And in Washington this was the reaction: "To be honest,I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize men and women who have inspired me, and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

The recording notes that the Obama administration includes key figures from the previous Bush administration, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

B'Tselem's director, Jessica Montell, tells VOA her group's figures suggest the army has underreported the number of civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

But while the military releases daily updates for soldier and Taliban casualties, it has not released such figures for civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

New figures are due on Friday, and the White House has been warning that joblessness will get worse before it improves.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"It's a tremendously complex patchwork of initiatives that are now being sewn together by Western military commanders and Afghan political figures,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Both the president and the general are highly popular figures in wake of the victory over the Tamil rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

It's not just attendee figures that are increasing, the number of South By Southwest performers are on the rise as well.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Thousands more were damaged. He says casualty figures may increase as rescue workers have not yet reached some remote areas.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"The government's own figures, according to demographers at Oxford University,show that the indigenous British the people who've been here."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Pious bazaris,he says, are angry that religious figures they admire are being insulted and marginalized by the government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Speaking in Germany, President Barack Obama said the unemployment figures show that the global economic slump is hitting the United States hard.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Close to 40 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the most popular figures in jazz.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25