On Friday,the U.S.special envoy to Afghanistan,Richard Holbrooke,said he believes there will be less fraud this time around because only two candidates will be on the ballot and more international teams will be in place to monitor.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

"So far,we have had a constructive conversation and my hope is that by the time the chairman and I meet on Wednesday that we have made sufficient progress and we can start actually seeing a structure that would be in place."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

The first shooting incident by a person who could be considered a professional gunman took place in Texas in eighteen fifty-four.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

If you suspect that seeds may be diseased, place them in water at fifty degrees Celsius for twenty minutes.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

It has several meanings. One meaning is that a person who never settles down in one place will not be successful.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

An object in the solar system could be identified if it appeared to move from its place in the earlier photograph.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Then,a hard cast may be put around the area of the break to hold the bone in place while it heals.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

This year,most performances took place in the center of Washington in a group of old buildings that used to be businesses.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

But as early as the middle seventeen hundreds, Cape May began to be known as a place to visit in the summer.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Experts say the best place to be is in an underground shelter, or a small,windowless room in the lowest part of a building.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

Nils Bohlin recognized that both the upper and lower body needed to be held securely in place.

VOA: special.2011.03.01

In those days, Europe seemed to be the only place where a black artist could gain recognition.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Would it not be better for him to die quickly, and go to wait for her in that blessed place of the future?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Experts say the best place to be is in a small room, without windows, in the middle of the lowest part of a building.

VOA: special.2009.06.09