U.S.prosecutors say Muse is the sole survivor of a hijacking attempt on a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia on April 8.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Guide Joao Monteiro steps lightly amidst the ruins of a 16th century fort, on a hill overlooking the town of Cidade Velha on the southern coast of the Cape Verdean island of Santiago.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Her mouth is set firmly. On December first, nineteen fifty-five, Rosa Parks took a seat on a city bus in Montgomery,Alabama.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Students might go home to their families -- or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

And,in another development, the Senate voted Thursday to permit final debate and a vote on a financial reform bill.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

They have an opening at the bottom for the fire and a place on top to put a pot.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The name is based on a funny joke many years ago on a British television show, "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Bill invented the method of using a hot branding iron to permanently put the mark of a ranch on a cow's skin.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

A person with a chip on his shoulder is a problem for anybody who must deal with him.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

Al-Shabab recently ended a ban on airlifts, but a UNICEF spokeswoman, Shantha Bloemen, says there are no guarantees.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

It is based on the story of a fairy from heaven who comes to Earth and marries a cowhand on a farm.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

A new Senate subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law plans to hold a hearing on May tenth about protecting mobile privacy.

VOA: special.2011.05.02

Mr.Strauss-Kahn is charged with a sexual attack on a cleaning woman at a New York hotel last Saturday.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

Rosa Parks was not the first black person to refuse to give up a seat on the bus for a white person.

VOA: special.2009.03.08