I imagined I was really flying across an ocean in an airplane, looking over my notes for a big story while on the way to Constantinople or Khartoum.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Rihanna's disc opened in fourth place on the US chart, while Chris had to settle for a seventh-place debut.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Her performance of "I Dreamed A Dream" left many in tears, while becoming the year's most-watched video clip on YouTube.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

While in New York, Mr.Obama also addressed a high-level summit on climate change,called by U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The two became friends just after high school while on a student exchange program in Europe.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

President Nimeiri was overthrown in a coup in 1985, while on a visit to the United States, and spent 14 years in exile in neighboring Egypt.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

The work ended up in a Vienna museum, but was seized by the U.S.government while it was on loan to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

The Institute for Peace study argues that by keeping a tight rein on their people while supporting U.S.security interests in their regions, nations such as Yemen,Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan fan anti-American sentiments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

This year, the team's experience shows, with Johnny Spillane earning his first World Cup win in early January while Lodwick finished on the podium in two events and Demong won a World Cup event in October.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

A camera only shows women's legs walking on high heels disappearing in the crowd, while an announcer encourages women to vote "independently" in the presidential and local elections Sunday in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Two of Chirac's former prime ministers, Alain Juppe and Dominique de Villepin, have both stood trial on separate charges, while ex-interior minister Charles Pasqua was sentenced to prison in a third trial that ended this week.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the West Bank, government spokesman Mark Regev says that does not apply to Jerusalem, which Israel says is the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Earlier this month, five World Food Program employees were killed in a suicide blast in neighboring Pakistan, and last week a Pakistani officer assigned to a U.N.peacekeeping mission in Sudan was gunned down while on home leave in Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Yargeris Savigne of Cuba came out on top in the triple jump with a leap of 14.95 meters, while Spain's Marta Domnguez took the gold medal in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, with a world leading time of 9 minutes,7.32 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

He said Iranian authorities have used meetings with countries like Brazil and Turkey to appear to offer what he termed "a veneer of cooperation" while really offering nothing in terms of a meaningful response on the nuclear issue.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14