Just east of the Olympic flame, there is a library that few of the thousands of sports fans in Vancouver will ever visit.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Just a few meters from where mass was celebrated, thousands of pilgrims visited the ancient grotto where according to Christian tradition, Jesus was born.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

They are given fluids intravenously. The soldiers say they just have to endure the hardship, and continue the medical help, which could save thousands of lives.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"And then I got thousands of emails, thousands of emails,of young, not just African American filmmakers, but gay filmmakers, Chinese filmmakers, that there's a chance that the Academy is wise."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

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