Her mother had been a dancer. While Clare was a girl, her parents ended their marriage.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

President Zardari called the meeting a "historic moment, while President Karzai insisted that "such a summit had been needed .

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

The president has been reluctant to make a decision while Afghanistan's political future was in doubt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

More than 1,400 foreign troops have died while thousands of Afghan civilians have been killed by insurgents or as a result of military operations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"I've been on many medications throughout my life and after a while, they don't work,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

MDC supporters and activists are arrested on minor charges, while not a single ZANU-PF supporter has been arrested, despite the 150 murders of MDC supporters last year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

Mr.Zardari has been criticized for staying at a family chateau in France and in luxury hotels in Britain during this trip, while millions back home have been affected by the flooding.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

While the security forces have been praised for these actions, Andi Widjajanto,a military analyst from the University of Indonesia, is concerned that the increased police activity also indicates an increased level of militant activity.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

Many are from Sri Lanka. While some have been taken to Indonesia,most are transferred to Christmas Island, a remote Australian territory 2,600 kilometers northwest of Perth, to have their applications for refugee status processed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

A few members of the NLD have been asked to travel to Naypyidaw, the country's capital, while Webb is there, but it is not clear if they are to meet with the senator.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

While this past year has been a challenge for the opposition Green Movement, senior scholar Gary Sick of Columbia University says that in the aftermath of the election, the Iranian government also faces a huge challenge.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

They must have kept him under surveillance for a while." U.S.officials have been quoted as saying the operation Monday was launched when it became clear their target was traveling in an area away from heavy population.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15