Financial reform, with the unemployment extension and another measure to provide small business tax benefits, are the three major legislative objectives the president and Democratic leaders agreed to focus on before the long summer recess.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Researchers compared the use of fertilizer in three areas that grow maize as a major grain: China,Kenya and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

At Fort Sumter, Major Robert Anderson and his men waited three hours before firing back at the Confederate guns.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Two years later she won the Western Open for the first of her three major titles.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

says three of Freud's major ideas are still part of modern thinking about the mind.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

It had three major parts. One was the command module.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

He say the researchers found three major things.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

The hard-line Pakistani religious leader, Sufi Mohammad, went missing three months ago when the military launched a major offensive to flush out Taliban militants from the northwestern valley of Swat and several neighboring districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

But rather than celebrating Nigeria's status as not only host nation but also defending champion of this event, local organizers and FIFA officials alike will instead be holding their collective breath, hoping that the country pulls through the three-week long tournament without any major problems.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22