Until the past week, the 83-year-old former leader has avoided the spotlight since undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

It's certainly not a nice moment. It is not a gentlemanly thing to do to steal the spotlight from all of his peers."

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Slim enjoys being in the spotlight every once in awhile, but he says true happiness comes from making music day in and day out.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Palin was in the spotlight recently, addressing what was called the Tea Party convention a loose coalition of anti-tax,conservative and libertarian activists meeting in Nashville,Tennessee.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Colts receiver Pierre Garson on is enjoying his moment in the spotlight.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Among those who did show up to share the spotlight with Mr.Gadhafi were Brazil's President Lula de Silva, who took advantage of the occasion to denounce the coup in Honduras.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

All of the rabbis come from the close-knit and wealthy Sephardic Jewish communities of southern New Jersey and Brooklyn and the arrests have put the spotlight on a usually quiet community.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

puts a harsh spotlight on the financial industry. "The civil suit raises the level of awareness of deceit on Wall Street, the selfishness and self-serving behavior that needs to be regulated."

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

"I wish there were more people like him putting a spotlight on how important it is to volunteer, to just help one another, try to put yourself in somebody else's position."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

The abortion issue is likely to remain in the spotlight as President Obama seeks to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the retirement this summer of Justice David Souter.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

Campaigners say it has helped to shine a spotlight on the violent consequences of the trade in illicit diamonds - a spotlight they hope will remain even after the celebrities have left.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Just weeks ago he was a novice opposition candidate for Parliament with little recognition outside the district, which had been held by his mother Varun Gandhi quickly rocketed into the national spotlight after his recent speeches aired on national television appearing to show him mocking and threatening Muslims.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

"There hasn't been too many problems but there has been some increased tension I think around the Sri Lankans, in particular being a bit concerned as we have had some people removed back to Sri Lanka found not to be refugees, and obviously the spotlight on the groups that were intercepted in Indonesia,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.24