But much of what they wrote about never happened.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

"It is a significant find within Sierra Leone because it has never happened before in Sierra Leone."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

He never succeeded. John White never knew what happened to the colony or his family.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Many have never spoken of what happened to them during the war and most have never confessed to the crimes they committed.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

"The Gulf spill is a tragedy that never should have happened." In the battle to win hearts and minds, BP's newest ad, appears to be winning few converts.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Her husband,Tom Quirk, says it should never have happened.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

His mother,Erzsebet Csorba, lives next to the destroyed home where she lost her son and grandson, on a muddy road in the Hungarian village of Tatarszentgyorgy, She tells VOA that she will never forget what happened that night.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22