The release of this new strategy coincides with the first international World Pneumonia Day.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Tourism is slowly growing. Paul Piaia came from Australia not just to enjoy the quiet beaches but also to race in the Tour De Timor, the country's first international cross country bicycle race.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

The international malaria community has set the end of twenty-ten as its target for meeting the first in a series of goals.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The agreement,once it takes effect, will be the first under international law to target just this problem.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

But during last week's conference, experts reported the first decrease in international financing for AIDS vaccine research.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Tina Tan says the federal government requires international students to show on their applications how they will pay for their first year of school.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

In nineteen forty-seven, eight theater groups showed up uninvited to the first Edinburgh International Festival.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The International Criminal Court has yet to complete its first case involving any crime.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

He is seeking to become the first non-European to lead the international lender.

VOA: special.2011.06.10

But first,we report on a "sporty" international competition in robot building.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Last week,in Toronto, international charities held the first-ever Girls 20 Summit.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

GCARD is first hearing from senior policymakers from governments, international aid agencies and others on the scale of agricultural investment needed.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The president's first major trip abroad has dominated not only the U.S.news media, but international news coverage as well.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Hungary was the first European Union member state to receive international financing to avoid bankruptcy during the global credit crunch.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

The Irish actress,now 16 years old, first gained international acclaim for her performance in the 2007 drama Atonement.

VOA: standard.2010.01.08

Existence of the underground facility first revealed in September raised international suspicion over the extent and aim of the country's nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Few had expected India's Reserve Bank to be the first to buy the International Monetary Fund's gold.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Last December in Copenhagen, the international community took a first step towards making society pay for the services provided by nature for free.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

A just-released International Crisis Group report says the fraudulent first round and continuing political uncertainty have been a boon for the Taliban insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

North Korea, whose economy is in tatters and is facing tough international sanctions is participating in the World Expo for the very first time.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

While much attention is being paid to South Africa as the host of Africa's first World Cup, the nation also made history International AIDS Conference.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

A respected international think tank has released a new map showing, for the first time,the Taliban have a "permanent presence" in 80 percent of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The number of international arrivals declined steadily over the first three quarters of 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

About 3,000 foreign election observers declared that, despite a few irregularities, the first round of Ukraine's presidential election on January 17 met international standards for honesty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development was held in Cairo, and for the first time, the conference report linked unsafe abortions directly to maternal death.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

For his first trip abroad with an international arrest warrant on his head, President Omar al-Bashir chose another country that has long maintained a defiant posture towards western countries.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Manzoor Hussain is among the hundreds of passengers who were able to leave on the first Pakistan International Airlines flight to the United Kingdom since Iceland's volcanic eruption last week.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23