He could not hold them. He began to hit his hands with all his force against his legs.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

He hit his hand against his leg several times until he felt a sharp pain.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The man pulled on his glove and again beat his hand against his leg.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Ben lifed the bird and held it close against his body.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

Jundallah leader Abdolmalek Rigi says his group is fighting discrimination against his people, ethnic Baluchis, members of Iran's Sunni minority.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

These included payments and gifts from convicted drug smuggler Glenn Agliotti who turned state's evidence against his former friend.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Turning to Asia, Burma's Prime Minister, Thein Sein, said Western economic sanctions against his country are politically motivated and should be lifted.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The documents come from an appeal against his 2001 conviction, which was dropped just before he was released from a Scottish jail on compassionate grounds last month.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

In the presidential vote, Mr.Mugabe came in second to MDC leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai but he won the run-off election after Mr.Tsvangirai withdrew citing violence against his supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

President Robert Mugabe swore himself into office for a new five-year term in June after then opposition-leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the run-off election because of violence against his supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Will you not vote for the killer if you already feel the cold steel of his gun against your head?"

VOA: special.2009.10.02

The Washington Nationals announced that Strasburg would make his first major league start against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June eighth.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

This character fights against the forces of nature to try to realize his dream of building a performance center in Iquitos,Peru.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

But by the time he was thirteen years old, he was winning against players two times his size and age.

VOA: special.2010.02.07