Later,she began spending three months at a time with friends and relatives so she could attend other area schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

They urged the immigrants to write letters to their friends and relatives in the old country.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

But the United Nations refugee agency said Friday that figure misses the tens of thousands of people who stay with friends and relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Since then, he has been drawing attention to the needs of tens of thousands of Haitians who lost their homes and relatives in the disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

He also recalled the loss of many friends and relatives, including his father, former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bombing in 2004.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

The researchers point out that gene flow between crops and their wild relatives is common and difficult to contain.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

We used to get together at my parents' house and all of my relatives would come over and we'd have a big dinner.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Professor Murray says many rural families have taken in relatives and friends who lost homes and jobs.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

And their lawyers. And the relatives and the teachers and all are proud of these kids.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Residents in the villages closest to the attacks have fled their homes to stay with relatives and friends nearby.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

This survivor lost at least two relatives in the floods and has two brothers and two other family members still missing.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

The mood this Easter in the Abruzzo region was somber as many prayed for relatives and friends they lost to the quake.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Most are elderly and these reunions may be the only chance for many to see long-lost relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

"We came from under the rubble. We have many injuries. Our houses have been destroyed and all of my relatives have been killed,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

(VOICE) She recited a long list of relatives who have left Moscow in recent days, hoping to find cleaner air and cooler temperatures.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

But what's unexpected about that is that our closest evolutionary relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas,don't do that.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Three lost their homes. Tuaua lost two of his relatives to the tsunami and the huge waves damaged his home and destroyed his furniture.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Libya also took responsibility for acts of terrorism, including the 1988 bombing of a PanAm jet over Lockerbie, and paid compensation to victims' relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The vast majority of them are living with friends, relatives and in temporary camps.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Messages of condolence and solidarity were sent to the relatives of the victims.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

But it does provide an opening. The estimated 1.5 million Americans with family in Cuba will now be freer to visit and send financial help to their relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13