The U.N.Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to be the first nation in the area to try Somali piracy suspects.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Last week, Mexico became the first nation to borrow from the I.M.F.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Today we tell about the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, who died earlier this week.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

It was the first reported drop in American cancer cases and deaths since the nation began collecting such information.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Opposition Republican leaders agree on the need to raise the borrowing limit by August second or risk the nation's first default.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

Faith Lapidus tells about her life. Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to lead the Cherokee Nation, based in Oklahoma.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

He united the nation. And he took the first steps that destroyed the institution of slavery in America.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Mister Obama has dealt with many issues since becoming the nation's first African-American president on January twentieth.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

She was the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, one of the largest American Indian tribes.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

President Bush offered best wishes to Barack Obama, who will be the nation's first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Michelle Obama said for the first time the nation will have goals and measurable outcomes.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

George Washington, the nation's first president, had a round barn in the seventeen hundreds.

VOA: special.2009.12.29

The first rail line to cross the nation was completed in eighteen sixty-nine.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

If confirmed, she would be the first Hispanic on the nation's highest court.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

It was the nation's first election since two thousand five.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

He became that nation's first professor of theory of physics.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

During his first tenure, Mr.Leterme was unable to overcome deep divisions between the nation's Flemish and French speaking communities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Six years ago, South Africa won its bid to become the first African nation to host a football World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

And many say the beleaguered nation is soon to have the first capital city without any clean drinking water.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The first ever state by state analysis of U.S.bioscience education found a wide disparity among the nation's schools.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

This was the first Summit of the Americas to be held in a Caribbean nation, and was notable for a virtual absence of protesters.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

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

Earlier this year, Maldives pledged to become the world's first carbon neutral nation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Serbia fans cheer their team's first World Cup appearance as an independent nation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.13

Also Sunday,Iraq reported the nation's first death from the H1N1 virus.

VOA: standard.2009.08.09

"For the very first time, a large-scale solar power plant, the largest of its kind in the entire nation, will deliver electricity produced by the sun to the citizens of the Sunshine State.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"I call on all supporters of both ZANU-PF and MDC to unite as all Zimbabweans (Applause) to put the interests of our nation and our people first and to work for a new Zimbabwe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21