The European Union's announcement comes less than a week after G-20 leaders pledged to increase assistance to developing countries through the International Monetary Fund.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

World War Two broke out a week after the signing.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

(Sound) Yves Leterme and his government were sworn into office by King Albert of Belgium Wednesday afternoon, less than a week after his predecessor, Herman Van Rompuy, was tapped to be the European Union's first permanent president.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Republican Congressman Trent Franks said, "It is disgracefully ironic that today's announcement comes only a week after announcing our abandonment of the European missile defense site which could have protected the homeland of the United States against Iranian long-range missiles."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

This week a business research group reported a drop in consumer confidence after three months of gains.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

After a week or two, the parasites invade red blood cells and reproduce thousands of times.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

We answered a question last week about how American college students find jobs after they graduate.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

His Union forces had kept after the Confederates for almost a week.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

Before beginning the show, director Dadi Pudumjee asked the audience to observe a minute of silence to honor the actors and puppet experts in Japan who may have suffered after last week's major earthquake.

VOA: special.2011.03.16

President Barack Obama announced a three-year tariff of 35 percent on Chinese-made tires last week, days after the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Mr.Brown resigned earlier this week after a coalition was formed between the center-right Conservatives and the left-leaning Liberal Democrats.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

After rising steadily since last week, oil prices dipped for a second consecutive day amid reports of growing U.S.crude inventories.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The deal was made after a general election last week gave no party an overall majority in parliament.

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

U.S.lawmakers are expected to push for new tests and new regulations after holding a series of hearings last week on auto safety.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

After a week of statements and counter-statements between Washington and Havana on possible bilateral talks, President Obama said Cuba must embrace reform.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

The IPCC retracted that forecast in a statement earlier this week after British media reports revealed that the data was not gleaned from scientific evidence.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

The oil crisis was avoided after Moscow and Kyiv reached a new deal this week.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The British only stayed for a week, then marched out of town on July 4th, five years to the day after the American colonies had first declared their independence.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

The response from Palestinian officials contained no surprises after Israel said this week it would go ahead with construction of 900 new units in Gilo, a Jewish community in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

On Thursday, European Economic Commissioner Olli Rehn said he would personally inspect Greek's austerity plans after receiving a report from EU, European bank and IMF auditors who were in Athens this week.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26