She became one of the first American women to serve in a major diplomatic position.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs acknowledged congressional concerns and said President Obama will speak to the issue in a major national security address Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Patricia Martinez used to be a nurse, in a major hospital.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

This was done,he notes, in a major electoral fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

In the last month couple of months, more than two dozen Turkish soldiers have been killed and scores injured in a major escalation in PKK attacks across the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Blake says the Obama administration held off on engaging India in a major way until the completion of elections in May that strengthened the hold on power by Prime Minister Singh's ruling Congress party.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

It was kicked off last June by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who announced in a major speech that the face veil, which he called a burqa, was against French values and not welcome in France.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Experts say terrorist groups are seeking materials for a crude nuclear device - a so-called "dirty bomb" - that would have limited blast potential but could spread radiation in a major urban area.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Researchers compared the use of fertilizer in three areas that grow maize as a major grain: China,Kenya and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

In the nineteen sixties, a major black civil rights group declared it the national song of black people in America.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

He says projects designed to increase interpersonal trust can have a major effect in poor countries with undependable legal systems.

VOA: special.2009.12.19

Republicans have promised to make the health care reform law a major issue in mid-term Congressional elections in November.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

In March of two thousand five, the Metropolitan Museum in New York had a major exhibit of her work.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

But Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was the only leader from a major industrial nation in the Group of Eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.23