President Carter told the gathering that he was embarrassed by such honors.

VOA: special.2010.10.15

The gathering, held over several days, was called "Fifty Winters Later."

VOA: special.2009.04.06

And he says he is determined to be a good partner with the 564 American Indian tribes represented at the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The gathering is also expected to address environmental challenges and the need to develop alternatives to fossil fuels.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

The lone country in the Americas excluded from the summit,Cuba, and its long-frozen relations with the United States came to overshadow the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

She told the gathering it is time to stop all the talk about gender parity, and to take steps to ensure it happens soon.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

But opposition websites and videos posted online gave an idea of the extent of the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Seven East African countries - Sudan,Kenya, Ethiopia,Uganda,Burundi,Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia - are represented at the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

On their websites, Mr.Moussavi and Ayatollah Karroubi urged supporters to go ahead with the planned "silent memorial", despite being refused permission for the gathering by Iran's interior ministry.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

But Alexandra Toma wants more concrete results from the gathering.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

Havens remembers hovering high above that city of youth massed in what days before had been a peaceful cow pasture, and being awed by the size and the power of the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

President Obama denied the charge. The summit host,Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, praised President Obama for a positive attitude, which he said set a congenial tone that ensured success at the gathering.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

Michelle Obama said the purpose of the gathering was not only to pay tribute to luminaries in the struggle for equality, but also to what she called the"quiet heroes" who,in the process of shaping America, achieved extraordinary things.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Whereas the G20 summit in London earlier this month kept its focus on global financial and economic matters, discussions at the Summit of the Americas could be sidetracked by advocacy on behalf of a nation not present at the gathering:Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"You will not be forgotten as long as I am in this White House," (Applause) The gathering at the Interior Department in Washington is the first time in 15 years that a president has met with leaders of the American Indian tribes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

After many years of gathering the necessary information, it became possible to learn longitude by observing the stars and the moon.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

In the early days of human history, people survived by hunting wild animals, or gathering wild grains and plants for food.

VOA: special.2010.01.31