They have nothing. They are just hoping for something,". Asked about the security situation in Port-au-Prince, U.S.General Ken Keen noted that gang activity and lawlessness existed in Haiti before the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

At the Indy 500 race in May, Helio Castroneves of Brazil took the checkered flag for the third time in his career, just weeks after a jury had cleared him of U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Some critics have questioned why the president is traveling at a time when so many pressing matters are before him not just Afghanistan, but also the U.S.economy and his ongoing campaign for health-care reform.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

U.S.officials are concerned such a prolonged political process will create an opening for al-Qaida to try to foment ethnic strife, just as tens of thousands of U.S.troops are scheduled to be leaving Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12