The bill would free all slaves in the district who were born after a certain time.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"Well, we know that it could be genetic. And we know that there are certain families where there is a high incidence of fibromyalgia in three generations.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

"Whereas the oil industry may find it business as usual to have a certain number of spills, it is really not acceptable, especially in this day and age.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

"When I was reared in the British West Indies my grandmother used to always tell me, you may not be loved by certain forces in a society and you have to understand why.

VOA: special.2011.03.20

A project in South Africa, Project Masiluleke, put an HIV awareness message in the unused space of certain text messages.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Jarraud notes farmers in certain parts of the world will have to adapt to a dryer climate.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Researchers at Wake Forest University looked at a certain protein that regulates iron and studied the amount of it in breast cancer cells.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

While Iraq still has a long way to go before it reaches stability, there is a certain sense of satisfaction in how the elections were conducted.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

At a location in Pennsylvania, where horses were rescued from certain slaughter.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

It's sort of an intimate thing,you know. It's the dichotomy of having comfort in singing about certain things or saying things within a song, but then elaborating further seems difficult for me."

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

Tai Shan achieved a certain celebrity status here in the U.S.capital as visitors flocked to the zoo to see him and his parents, and 11-year-old father Tian Tian, who were born in China.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

A WHO official in Jerusalem says the agency believes Israel is reluctant to allow certain items, such as batteries and electronic equipment into Gaza because it considers those items could potentially be used for military purposes.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

This television commercial made by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe aims to discourage "family voting" in which women are pressured by husbands or others on how to vote on a certain candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Lisa Curtis is an analyst at the Heritage Foundation: "When somebody like Shahzad is easily able to find training and inspiration and easily connect up with these various militant groups in Pakistan,it shows that there is a certain level of tolerance for terrorist groups in the country."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18