"One of the great traditions that I really appreciate here at First Congregational is that we do an annual service of 'Nine Lessons and Carols,' which is in the old King's College tradition from England.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

Usually,the White House puts out an annual list of suspected drug kingpins on or about June 1,as required by law.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Kyrgyz government officials say they will discuss the fate of the facility, which has an annual lease, at an appropriate time.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Chafee Aegis Destroyer,docked in South Korea as part of an annual joint military drill with the South's forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

At an annual conference for such people this week, Gates' deputy,William Lynn, made this almost triumphant statement to several hundred government workers and industry executives.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

The world is waiting,". Gates was speaking in Singapore at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual meeting of Asian defense ministers and experts on the region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Geithner noted that the drop in unemployment follows word that the U.S.economy expanded at an annual rate of 5.7 percent at the end of 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

"They must keep paying that fee on an annual basis until they replenish the .

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Henderson also sponsors an annual music festival to raise scholarship money to help young musicians.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

"$787 billion added to our national debt and an annual deficit approaching $2 trillion.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Senegar-Mitchell joined the Biotechnology Institute's Teacher-Leader Program, an annual workshop that provides teachers with the skills, strategies and knowledge to raise awareness of biotechnology in their home communities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Security was already tight as Iranians observe an annual period of mourning.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

Clinton pledged more than $50 million in U.S.aid on top of an annual program exceeding $200 million for debt relief, food aid, counter-narcotics programs and job-creating road projects.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

She holds similar political talks later in the week with Thai officials in Bangkok before flying to the resort island of Phuket to join in an annual dialogue of Pacific-rim country foreign ministers with those of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

I think this is essential. Under the deal, the 27-member bloc would contribute to an overall annual aid fund of $74 billion for poorer nations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The Education for All Global Monitoring Report says an additional $16 billion in annual funding would be needed to achieve universal primary school education by 2015.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

She said the annual reports, mandated by an act of Congress in 2000, are intended to encourage nations to act where necessary with criticism and the threat of possible U.S.sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

At the Chamber's annual state of American business address, Donohue outlined what he called an "achievable plan" to create The five point plan includes expanding U.S.exports around the world, rebuilding the nation's infrastructure and maintaining taxes at current levels.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

"It does not really matter because in the best case scenario we have today,we will still have a moderate virus that is projected to cause several million deaths extra deaths than the usual influenza annual mortality, which means that even in the best-case scenario, we do have an emergency on our hand,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.04