Men and women sing to the beat of hand-made musical instruments including marimbas,rattles and drums.

VOA: special.2010.12.01

They only weigh about twenty-two kilos, so they do not beat down the soil.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

"You know,there's a lot of adrenlin rushed, adrelin-pumped songs such as 'Beat It,' such as 'Bad,' mostly tracks from the 1980s.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, and acclaimed reggae, hip-hop and African beat star Rocky Dawuni, dubbed "Ghana's Bob Marley."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Eyewitnesses say police and paramilitary basij forces carrying clubs beat demonstrators at Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, arresting dozens and dispersing dozens of others.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Jazz Fest officials suggest arriving early to beat the long lines at the internationally-famous Food Fair, as well as the Crafts Fair and Louisiana Marketplace.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

In the end, the Canadian team of Denny Morrison, Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux beat Chad Hedrick, Brian Hansen and Jonathan Kuck by 21-100ths of one second.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

Sweden beat Switzerland,3-0, and in Sunday's late game, Finland topped Russia,5-1.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15