Historians call the killings the first genocide of the 20th century.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

In a phone call press conference in Stockholm, professor Ostrom was asked how she felt about becoming the first woman to win the Nobel Economics Prize since it was first awarded in 1968.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

"The bus went into the middle of the desert and at a certain moment the call to prayer came just lilting through the desert - first time I've ever heard it - and then the bus stopped and all of those colorful people got off the bus."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21