He had been elected head of the BDP and was serving as vice-president last year when then-president Festus Mogae retired.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Sixteen-year-old Sylvia Cheung was introduced to Junior Achievement last year when she joined a student company in Houston,Texas.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Mehsud was killed in August last year when a missile fired by a suspected U.S drone targeted his hideout in Pakistan's volatile South Waziristan tribal region.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

Thai economists are warning Thailand's unemployment levels could reach 1.3 million people this year, more than double the530,000 people who lost their jobs last year when the unemployment rate stood at 1.4 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

So far the protests have been largely peaceful, in contrast to anti-government demonstrations in April last year when the government was forced to enact security laws with the military brought in to end the unrest.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

That was down from last year, when more than three thousand walkers raised almost seven and a half million dollars.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

That was mostly when fuel prices were so high last year that people in California were not driving to her stores.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Paul Perachi left the court last year at seventy, the age when judges in Massachusetts must retire.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The first "Paranormal Activity" movie was a huge success when it came out last year.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

Mr.Wen said trade has soared in modern times, more than tripling between 2004 and last year, when it topped $132 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

The attacks resembled other bombings since the middle of last year, when U.S.troops withdrew from Iraqi cities.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Specter had been a Republican senator up until last year, when he switched to the Democratic Party, with the backing of President Barack Obama.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

It's a good thing Nathan Gelder knew the universal sign for choking when he was having lunch last year with his friend Kaiden Condos.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

That would be in keeping with legislation proposed last year by Vice-President Joe Biden when he served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"I think FIFA president Sepp Blatter was very adamant last year here at the Confederations Cup when these vuvuzelas were a big talk of the tournament."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

Last year,some 800 people died when a ferry capsized in rough seas.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Nearby,Marina Pirozhnivona, recounted how her 86-year-old aunt died last Saturday after experiencing breathing problems on a day when wood smoke pushed city carbon monoxide to almost seven times safe levels.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

They were expecting a much stronger intervention by Obama last year,in 2009, when Obama stepped back from his demand for a complete settlement freeze and this led Palestinians to feel betrayed and abandoned."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Russians were awoken to the threat posed by the destruction of a hydroelectric plant last year, when a major accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in Siberia threatened the lives of millions of people downstream.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"Last year was our first year with Home Instead when they sponsored the 'Be Santa to a Senior.' And every single resident here we have a hundred and thirty plus residents- everyone got a gift.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

In fact,U.S.and NATO military commanders say insurgent violence rose nearly 60 percent between the first six months of this year, compared to last year the highest level of violence since 2001 when the Taliban government was ousted by US.led forces.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

He was acquitted in a 2006 rape trial, during which he admitted having unsafe sex with an HIV-positive woman, and he came under political pressure recently when it emerged that he fathered a child out of wedlock last year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26