"And that is why I will accept this award - as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

She gave birth to Thomas -- or Tiggy, as his parents call him -- at a hospital in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

They said the larvae nearly always chose to follow the sound as they sought a place to call home.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

He says the financial crisis should be seen as a wake-up call to change systems and ways of thinking, and to re-establish trust.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

People use a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains: "You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

"It is also important to remember that this is a cynical situation where the Tigers have herded a large number of people - thousands of people - into an enclave and used them as hostages to convince the international community to call for a cease-fire,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.17