A tornado is a violently turning tube of air suspended from a thick cloud.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Carstairs also appealed to Afghanistan's government to reinstate Malalai Joya, who was suspended from parliament nearly two years ago for insulting the country's warlords.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

The nation remains suspended from both the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States because of Captain Camara's coup, which followed the death of long-time leader Lansana Conte.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Jared Loughner withdrew from a local community college after being suspended last September because of fears about his behavior.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

And because of the alleged fraud, in late January, the U.S.government suspended $7 million from the Education Sector Support Program.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

After a Japanese tourist died from heat stroke near Red Square, the Kremlin,suspended a weekly changing of the guard ceremony.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

UNHCR spokesman,Andrej Mahecic,says more than 14,000 Mauritanian refugees, comprising 3,634 families, had returned from Senegal to four regions in Mauritania before the operation was suspended.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24