But first,Mister Venter said, they had to de-activate a gene in the receiving cell that would have killed the synthetic genome.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

The Spanish painter Diego Rodrguez de Silva y Velazquez made an interesting painting of his assistant in sixteen fifty.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

In cycling,American Lance Armstrong announced he will return to the Tour de France next year with a new American-based team.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The nonprofit group Population Services International and its partner Association de Sante Familiale launched the service in two thousand five.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Engineers said it would cost less to complete the canal De Lesseps had started twenty years earlier in Panama.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

It led the sculptor Felix de Weldon to create one of the largest free-standing bronze statues in the world.

VOA: special.2011.05.30

Georges de la Tour painted the emotionally expressive "The Cheat with the Ace of Diamonds" in sixteen thirty-five.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

(JIMMY BUFFETT - "VOLCANO") The first European to see the Florida Keys was Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon in the year fifteen-thirteen.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Niki de Saint Phalle was born in France, but spent much of her life in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Lake Champlain is named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain who first saw it in 1609.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Lake Champlain is named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain who first saw it in sixteen-oh-nine.

VOA: special.2010.08.30

In Rio de Janeiro, a famous hip-hop artist called Marcelo D2 also lived in a favela.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

In the eighteen eighties, Ferdinand de Lesseps -- builder of the Suez Canal -- formed a French company to build a waterway across Panama.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

asked Doctor Heidegger. "The Spanish explorer Ponce De Leon went in search of it centuries ago.

VOA: special.2010.10.23