The last time families from the divided Koreas met was in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Two previous military offensives in the last two years against the Swat Taliban failed to push them from the valley, and after each time the militants returned even stronger.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

President Obama's first State of the Union address came at a time when his Democratic Party is still reeling from a stinging defeat last week for a U.S.Senate seat in the heavily Democratic state, Massachusetts.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28