Observers say North Korea is attempting to reconnect with the United States now that it has a new president.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

He started to walk north. After a time, he arrived in the Bronx, the northern part of New York City.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

In the East, one storm dropped lots of snow on communities from North Carolina to the New England states on the weekend before Christmas.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Those showerheads came from homes and public places in Colorado,Illinois,New York, North Dakota and Tennessee.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

All this water poured into Lake Pontchartrain on the north side of New Orleans.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

It is the farthest north of the nineteen present-day Pueblos in New Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

In the North, most people cheered the new policy on slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The lake flows north from Whitehall, New York.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

They opposed the compromise, because it might permit slavery in the New Mexico territory, and because it called for stronger laws on the return of slaves who had escaped to the North.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

North Korea says new U.N.sanctions could bring about war on the Korean peninsula and will not slow its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

(VOICE) In June,Harper taught his last class in instrumental music in the school district of Yonkers, a suburb north of New York City.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

Biden stressed that the new missile defense system would provide more security for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,or NATO.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

In July,he'll appear at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans,Louisiana, and more North American concerts are scheduled for later in the year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Secretary Clinton says foreign ministers also talked about security issues,including North Korea's nuclear program and the new U.S.policy of dialogue with Burma's military government.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

U.S.Defense officials say the new plan would include interceptor missiles deployed on U.S.Navy ships in the North Sea and Mediterranean, in addition to ground-based weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

At the end of the day, the choice to continue as a destitute, international pariah or chart a new course is North Korea's alone to make.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Earlier this month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a new strategy to confront the causes of violence in the North Caucasus by focusing on efforts to improve economic conditions in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

He pioneered a new policy of South Korean reconciliation with the North, beginning with the historic Mr.Kim won the Nobel Peace Prize after that meeting - although the event was later tarnished by allegations South Korea paid the North half a billion dollars to hold the summit.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21