Senator Kennedy's funeral follows several days of memorials during which Kennedy's fellow Democrats , along with Republicans, united in paying him tribute.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The country is just seven years removed from 27 years of civil war during which the United States backed rebels fighting President Dos Santos.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Sudan's elections were agreed to as part of a 2005 peace deal ending a two-decade-long civil war, during which an estimated two million people died.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The system effectively controlled participants' blood sugar for 27 hours, during which time they ate three high-carbohydrate meals and slept through the night at a hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says he sat in on a briefing for Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday, during which the U.S.brigadier general assigned to investigate the civilian casualties incident summarized his report.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

He was acquitted in a 2006 rape trial, during which he admitted having unsafe sex with an HIV-positive woman, and he came under political pressure recently when it emerged that he fathered a child out of wedlock last year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Blatter's doubts about Nigeria's hosting capacities have been made explicit in recent months, based over a year of debate and threats of moving the tournament, during which the country did just enough to avoid the embarrassment of being replaced as host.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

ĸVOAٷUNSVվ޹ After a brief welcome ceremony outside the Pentagon, Secretary Gates and General Xu met for more than an hour, during which,according to Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell, the secretary's main message was a call for an end to interruptions in the U.S.-China military relationship.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

It is about a man who lives alone in a village from which everyone fled during Lebanon's fifteen-year civil war.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

In Saudi Arabia, officials are preparing for the Hajj, which starts this year during the last week of November.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Especially troubling,he said, is that there were more than five hundred thousand families in which a child experienced hunger multiple times during the year.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

During this period, he only found twelve echidnas, five of which he captured twice.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

In this sense, he says the pattern appears to be similar to that,which occurred during the three 20th century pandemics.

VOA: standard.2009.05.14

During the memorial ceremony he unveiled a granite slab monument to Jackson, which Clay hopes will become part of the museum.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

The United States had conscription during the Vietnam war era, which fueled massive antiwar protests,but today has an all-volunteer armed force.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Clinton repeatedly pressed the issue during her tour of Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus, which concluded in Georgia.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

During this trip,which began in Cameroon, the pope has spoken of the need to fight corruption and injustice.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Palin made her share of political gaffes during the campaign, which became fodder for late-night comedians on television.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09