The Democratic Party chose for its presidential candidate a hero of the Civil War -- General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said many of the three million people in the Port-au-Prince area lack food,water, shelter and electricity.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

Doctor Fukuda, an acting assistant director-general, said the W.H.O.has been working with the member states to prepare for a pandemic.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

But U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the targets are too far in the future and that more needs to be done sooner.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

Among other things, it calls on the secretary-general to appoint a special representative to lead efforts to end sexual violence.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

In New York, the United Nations secretary-general reacted to a dispute over e-mails stolen from the University of East Anglia in England.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

This week,U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent his top aide to press for an end to the Sri Lankan conflict.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The WHO's Director-General,Margaret Chan, has expressed concern there is not a good process in place to produce enough vaccine against the virus.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Alzheimer's is usually not found in the general population until people are over the age of sixty-five.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Russia's Foreign Ministry praised the exchange,saying, "The action was taken in the general context of improved Russian-U.S.relations."

VOA: special.2010.07.10

In seven months,the price of stock for the General Motors Corporation fell from sixty dollars to twenty-five.

VOA: special.2011.04.21

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the food crisis has forced millions of families into poverty and hunger.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

W.H.O.Director-General Margaret Chan declared the sickness a pandemic a disease that has spread to many nations.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

Late in nineteen thirty-five, workers at several General Motors factories began a "sit-down" strike at their machines to demand better pay and working conditions.

VOA: special.2011.03.31