Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is close to losing what he called its "best friend" in the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

At the end of March, President Obama called for the United States to expand its offshore oil and gas exploration.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

One of its official organizers in the United States is a Washington based nonprofit group called Earth Day Network.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

And,it was called The City of the Big Shoulders or City of Broad Shoulders because of its importance to the nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

The administration sent its general ideas to Congress in what it called "A Blueprint for Reform" to develop the next education law.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The Kampala bombings were its first attacks outside Somalia -- and its leader called them "just the beginning."

VOA: special.2010.07.17

Over the years, when its sports teams have done well, Pittsburgh has been called the "City of Champions."

VOA: special.2009.07.13

But this week its chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn,said the world has entered what he called "a great recession."

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Anything in art,music or literature which is very modern or ahead of its time is called avant-garde.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

During its yearly World Water Day observance last month it called on the international community to work together to solve the water crisis.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

A male is called a steer if it had its reproductive organs removed as a calf.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

A company called StoveTec is selling them through its Web site for less than ten dollars.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

The situation is made worse by the fact that its ancient buildings, built on a body of water called a lagoon, are slowly sinking.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Last week,Dubai's largest investment company called for a six-month delay in paying some of its debts.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

New York,which always thinks big, was called The Empire State because of its natural wealth.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Chicago was called Hog Butcher for the World because of its huge meat-processing industry.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

Soon, anything that was the largest of its kind was called jumbo.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

One of its most popular desserts is called Dip Sum Doughnuts.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

One company even called its yearly report, "Getting Our Act Together."

VOA: special.2010.07.25

One of its projects is called the MOCA StoryMap.

VOA: special.2010.03.03