Drug-related violence in Mexico has killed more than seven thousand people since the beginning of last year -- often with guns bought in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

But in the soldier's hometown in the western U.S.state of Idaho, his family has known about his capture from the beginning.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

"No previous pandemic has been detected so early or watched so closely, in real-time, right at the very beginning."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"And we are going forward and we will come out at the end of October, beginning of November, with this new approach because something has to be changed."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Despite Pakistan's public objections, the United States has sharply increased the number of drone strikes in the last year, with more than 40 since the beginning of 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

"But President Obama is starting to show that he is not quite as popular, or that he does not walk on water in the way that many people thought at the beginning of his term and his popularity has come down."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23