Many died of disease. After more than a month of digging, engineers decided that the canal would not work.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

And once each month, mail would arrive in California after a slow trip by wagon from Saint Louis,Missouri.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

In February he returned to the United States without his family after a five-month visit to Pakistan.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

But he got sick and he died after just a month in office.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Then one day, about a month after I arrived, we were walking outside.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Shortly after the ICC warrant was issued earlier this month, Eritrea invited President Bashir to the country in a show of solidarity.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

A Thai blogger this month received a royal pardon after serving one year in jail for posting photos deemed offensive on the Internet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Retired Admiral Dennis Blair resigned last month after a series of conflicts with the White House.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Their release was announced soon after the United States deported 10 suspected Russian agents detained last month and sentenced in a New York court.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Nepal's former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned last month after Maoists led massive protests demanding that he make way for a power sharing government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

After several greetings and handshakes, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described Mr.Obama as "an intelligent man" and said he wants to return an ambassador to Washington after a seven-month absence.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

President Obama says he is angry and frustrated by oil executives' response to the catastrophic spill, after a BP oil rig blew up last month off the Louisiana coast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The siege comes less than a month after some 12 gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team in nearby downtown Lahore, killing several police and wounding some players and a coach.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

But Mr.Abhisit,who oversees a 15 month old administration of six coalition parties, has offered a nine month time frame for elections after constitutional amendments have been agreed to and a new budget passed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

Australia's defenses against the outbreak of the H1N1 virus will be boosted when mass flu vaccinations start next month after officials fast-tracked a scheme capable of covering it's entire population of 21 million people.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Congolese security forces detained Golden Misabiko last month in the southern city of Lubumbashi after the human rights activist published a report questioning the government's deal with the French nuclear power firm Areva.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The convoy came after a week of protests by the demonstrators, known for wearing red, who have targeted the 15-month-old government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, calling on him to dissolve the parliament and call elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20