Despite the weak report, the nation's unemployment rate fell 0.2 a point to 9.5 percent as thousands of Americans gave up looking for work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

The moon landing was seen as the high point of a U.S.space program fueled by a decade-long space race with the former Soviet Union.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

The payment crisis marked a turning point for India's economy as it prompted the government to reverse decades of closed-door, socialist style economic policies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

"We are seeing things,as SADC, from a different point of view, that in fact the lifting of sanctions will help to quicken the process of the implementation of the Global Political Agreement,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Although a major oil producer, Iran must import most of its gasoline because of a lack of refining capacity, creating what U.S.lawmakers have long seen as a crucial point of leverage with Tehran over its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28