He died on October seventh,eighteen forty-nine, under mysterious conditions.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Several hundred U.S.military personnel are in the Philippines advising the country's forces on counter-insurgency tactics under the bilateral Visiting Forces Agreement or VFA.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

(OMITTED) "The Back-Up Plan" marks the feature film directing debut of Alan Poul, an award-winning television producer and director on shows including "Six Feet Under."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

The 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup begins Saturday, when Argentina takes on Honduras in the opening match in Abuja, immediately followed by Nigeria's opener against Germany.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The insurance industry would come under new regulation under the bill, which would ban the practice of denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

"I believe on the state side there has been underfunding and under-recognition of the importance and need for funding public defense for the indigent for a long time,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

The loss of jobs and business opportunities has perhaps been more damaging than the restriction on imports, especially for those who under the blockade - cannot cross into Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The second major FIFA youth football tournament of the year will kick off Saturday in Nigeria when the host Golden Eaglets play Germany on the opening day of the Under-17 World Cup.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Both would also use tax increases on higher-earning Americans, various other taxes, and reductions in payments to medical-care providers under the government Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay the costs of expanded insurance.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Ghana's Under-20 national team wrapped up a fantastic three-week performance by edging Brazil on penalty kicks,4-3, to win their first title in their third appearance in the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

On Monday,Iran formally notified the IAEA of its response to the nuclear-fuel swap deal, under which it would ship some low-enriched uranium to Turkey in return for higher grade fuel for a Tehran research reactor.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

North Korea said Tuesday it found the U.N.Security Council condemnation of its missile launch an unbearable insult, and said it was withdrawing from the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program and moving to reopen nuclear facilities shut down under aid-for-disarmament commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

and went on to sell more than 100,000 copies of the song at a time when there were only about That song is regarded as the first-ever country music hit, and Loudon Wainwright performs it under the title "The Deal" on his Grammy-nominated CD.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29