There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

On Friday American Defense Secretary Robert Gates completed a visit to Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

Mrs.Clinton's husband, President Bill Clinton helped mediate a peace deal, the Good Friday Accord,in 1998.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

"Stop the panic," Russia's top official for agriculture commanded Russians on Friday as the nation faced a fourth week of baking hot temperatures more normally associated with North Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The State Department however declined to discuss specific contents of the letter, which the Iranian religious leader referred to in a sermon last Friday accusing the United States of helping promote protests in his country.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

An aircraft carrier and more helicopters arrived Friday, and a hospital ship is expected by the end of next week.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

Last Friday he suffered a torn aorta, a large artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.

VOA: special.2010.12.18

He talked about the summit at a meeting of mainly French and German students in Strasbourg on Friday.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Prime Minister Cameron promised Friday that a judge will lead a full public inquiry into the case after police complete their investigation.

VOA: special.2011.07.09

On Friday, at an airport in Vienna,Austria, an American plane and a Russian plane landed, parked side by side and exchanged occupants.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

On Friday night, Prime Minister Naoto Kan spoke of the problems in a speech to the nation.

VOA: special.2011.03.19

In a speech Friday he said he recognized the divisions that have taken place in the country.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

On Friday President Obama proposed tax credits for every new employee that a business hires this year.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

On Friday,in a separate development, police in Kosovo arrested the head of the country's central bank.

VOA: special.2010.07.24