A six-month cease-fire negotiated by Egypt ended on December 19th.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

The event's final declaration, negotiated over a nine-month period, is expected to focus on economic, environmental and energy concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

It sent markets across the planet tumbling, last week, when executives asked creditors for a six-month extension on repaying its debts.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

Mr.Obama said a major hurdle was cleared when Moscow agreed to lift a six-month ban on the sale of U.S.poultry in Russia.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Last month,the European Union lifted a two-year ban on travel in its airspace for the national carrier Garuda and three other commercial airlines.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Instead,Tehran on Saturday set a one-month deadline for the West to accept a counterproposal.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

Much has changed since that time. Sobriety,his marriage to actress Nicole Kidman and the birth of their eight-month-old daughter,Sunday Rose, gave him a new perspective on life.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

So what does it mean to be French today? President Nicolas Sarkozy has tapped another French staple the love of debate to launch a three-month, national conversation on the subject.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Lavrov briefed Clinton on his visit to North Korea late last month, which was the first by a major-power diplomat since Pyongyang announced it was quitting Chinese-brokered negotiations on its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The World Food Program says it provided high energy biscuits to 7,000 people last week and on Friday it began distributing a one-month ration of cereals, pulses,vegetable oil, salt and sugar to 10,000 people.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21