The first test of the new government's popularity may come next year in upper house elections in Japan.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

In two thousand two, he released his first album, "Waiting for My Rocket to Come."

VOA: special.2010.01.29

And Roosevelt's willingness to accept an unbalanced budget would be the first step toward federal budget deficits that would grow steadily in the years to come.

VOA: special.2011.04.07

And so we are proposing to give this pouch to mothers in their first or second trimester, when they come in for their first antenatal care visit.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

The reported advances near the Afghan border come a day after army officials took journalists into the region for the first time since the operation started in mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But Wednesday,the U.S.Senate joined the House in refusing the president's request for $80 million to close Guantanamo, saying he must first come up with a concrete plan to deal with the remaining 240 detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21