But with the world still in crisis, there was news that no famous people from show business will be at the forum this year.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

The commander of a United States navy force in the Pacific, Thomas Jones, received news that led him to believe the United States was at war with Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

An Iranian official told the Reuters news agency that Tehran would produce the highly enriched uranium at home if the Vienna talks fail.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Because they are coming forward to give you blood, but at the end of it they may end up with bad news that they were not prepared for."

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

At a news conference Tuesday, a group of senators introduced an amendment to the Senate war funding bill that would bar the release of Guantanamo detainees on to U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

At a midday news conference Tuesday, Moir held up his gold medal and said that without the Own the Podium financial support, he could not have achieved his Olympic dream.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Initial reaction in the Arab world among leaders and the public at large has been overwhelmingly positive to the news that President Obama is the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

At their joint news conference, Mr.Obama also talked about efforts to control the spread of nuclear weapons - an issue that is topping the agenda for his discussions here with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

The al-Shabab commander said at the news conference that if Burundian and Ugandan troops have entered the conflict on behalf of the Western-backed transitional federal government, then the Islamist opposition fighters should also receive foreign help.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

In recent weeks American news media have reported that U.S.officials continue to believe the tactic is highly effective at killing top al-Qaida leaders in places where they are largely beyond the reach of the Pakistani government.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Speaking at a news conference at NATO headquarters Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden said the situation in Afghanistan is different than that of Iraq, but not so different that such a strategy could not be tried.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

And the new president renewed that pledge at news conferences in London where he attended the G-20 summit Thursday and at a campaign-style town hall event in Strasbourg,France where he was preparing for the 60th anniversary NATO summit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

At a news briefing, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J.Crowley made clear that the Obama administration opposes Dostum's return and possible future role in the government, and that it is reviewing human rights charges against him.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"Those are the complaints that we are actually dealing with at this point in time." VOA News asked Kippen if the on-site investigations of massive ballot box stuffing and other acts of election fraud will take weeks or,as some predict, months to complete.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"Well,actually I was scheduled to work this morning," . "When I got up at 5:30, I saw on the news that they needed a lot of help, and I called into my job and said I needed to take a short day vacation, because I needed my son to be a part of what was going on."

VOA: standard.2010.01.18