President Medvedev says some military units have already been modernized and he expects large-scale army and navy rearmament to begin in 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The stop in Riyadh was a late addition to an itinerary that was originally slated to begin in Cairo with an address to the world's Muslims a speech Mr.Obama has been promising since last year's presidential campaign.

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

So I'm ready to go." In other highlights Thursday, medals will be up for grabs in the men's 200 meters, Qualifying heats also begin in the men's 800 and 5,000 meters, and women's hammer throw, The women will also try to advance to Friday's 200-meters final.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

As young players prepare to begin their professional careers in the sport, one important person in American football announced his retirement.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

This week in our series, Stuart Spencer and Jack Moyles begin the story of the Compromise of Eighteen Fifty.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Let us begin the Olympics,thank you." About one thousand competitors from twenty-six states and Canada took part in the event.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

Tornadoes form when winds blowing in different directions meet in the cloud and begin to turn in circles.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

President Obama made a campaign promise to begin efforts for immigration reform in his first year in office.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Girls are advised to begin testing within three years of when they first have sex, or in any case no later than twenty-one.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

He agrees that the economy should begin to grow again in the second half of the year.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

Central bank policymakers said they expect a slow recovery in economic activity to begin later this year.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

This week in our series, Shep O'Neal and Tony Riggs begin the story of America's seventeenth president.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Cells in the airways begin to produce too much of a thick, sticky substance called mucous.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

In June,students at the Agroecology Summer Intensive Program begin taking courses like Introduction to Soils.

VOA: special.2009.04.14