He seemed to kill for no reason, and with no emotion, as if taking someone's life meant nothing.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

With their help,Secretary Hay got the others to accept money -- not territory -- as payment for damages.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Several people are credited with being the first to use microfinance as a tool for social improvement.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

In addition to his work with the Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis worked for many years as musical director of the Monterey Jazz Festival in California.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

"My intention is to spin that for the adults as well, to be talking about our relationship with God and that we find that relationship most special in our relationship with Jesus."

VOA: special.2009.12.21

The plan calls for Iran to send uranium abroad for enrichment, but Tehran countered with conditions to what was presented as a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

He says it is important for the United States to try to settle its differences with Iran, as President Obama has offered to do.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

But Brumberg urges the Obama administration not to allow Arab regimes to use disputes with Israel as an excuse for evading their own political reforms.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

For his part,the president attempted to share the honor with the nation as a whole.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

She understands the contradiction many young immigrants have to contend with as they try balancing their family's traditional expectations for them with what they want for themselves.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

She returns to Singapore Friday to join up with President Barack Obama for the APEC summit early next week and Mr.Obama's first visit as President to China.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Committee chairman Democrat Gary Ackerman suggested that even as the administration attempts engagement with Iran, it could be doing more to underscore its support for democracy and reform advocates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Teenage boys play basketball in the shadow of a high school, damaged and closed for now, as camp residents do what they can to get on with their lives.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

"So,I want the people of this region to know that my administration is going to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to deal with this disaster."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

President Obama has said he would be willing to speak with Cuba's leaders, but would maintain the embargo as leverage to push for democratic change and an improvement in human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

He told VOA that requires assisting small farmers in getting access to seed and fertilizers and also providing them with the infrastructure, such as good roads, for getting their produce to markets.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Surin Pitsuwan, recently told VOA that Washington's willingness to talk with Burma, also known as Myanmar, is opening a "new ballgame" for the region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

East Timor's leaders, many of them former rebels who fought Indonesia, see reconciliation with the former occupier as more crucial for the future of the country than judicial action to bury the ghosts of past violence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

But those "nobodies" - long lost to history - are about to be recognized for their contributions to American literature with the publication of "Maid as Muse: How Servants Changed Emily Dickinson's Life and Language."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22