"We have been reiterating since May 2004,when we won the bid, as South Africa we are confident the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be safe and secure."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Since May 1, Europe's common currency has dropped seven percent against the U.S.dollar.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"We had IDPs, internally displaced people, since May about 77,000, up to 80,000,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

This visit marks Mr.Netanyahu's second visit to Cairo since May.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Tanks and missiles paraded across Red Square last May for the first time since the Soviet collapse in 1991.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

This is the largest single group allowed to go home since a military campaign to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels ended this May.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

He has since been stripped of his citizenship. His trial is expected to last until May.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Critics say the national exam is biased, since it presumes a level of knowledge and cultural background that students from working class families may not have.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

As many as 100,000 people may have died in the two wars between Russia and Chechnya since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but exact figures are not known.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

But,since China is hosting the six party talks and since Beijing is one of Pyongyang's biggest international allies, Baek says North Korea may think more positively on returning to the talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The junta leader, who seized power less than a year ago, previously said he would not run in elections scheduled for January but has since indicated he may change his mind.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

She adds that, since a lifetime of obesity may put a child at greater risk for heart disease and other health problems, parents need to be concerned about their child's weight from the very start.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Other bystanders say they remain fearful if Thailand was pressed to elections and pro-Thaksin parties won it may do little to end the cycle of political tensions that have engulfed the country since late 2005.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

People in Poland have very emotional attitudes to politics, and when he is saying something like that people think, 'oh,we will have something like a totalitarian regime if the president is also from Platforma,'" Makowski adds that the summer holiday season may also affect the vote, since wealthier Poles tend to support Komorowski and many will be leaving for vacation over the weekend.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03