Rodriguez acknowledged that the evening's pre-ceremony chatter - made up of over 80 mother tongues - was even more excited than usual.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Clean-up crews worked over the July 4th holiday weekend, usually a time when tourists go to the beach.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

"Time is up," "Over the next two weeks, governments have to deliver a strong and long-term response to the challenges of climate change."

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

involvement in Afghanistan. On one hand, congressional Republicans are pressing the president to beef up U.S.forces to ensure a victory over al-Qaida and the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

The UN health agencies say it could cost about $39 billion over the next six years to scale up the recommended measures in the 68 high-risk developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

BP has already spent over $1 billion on the clean-up operation .

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Other people saying the treatment programs that have been scaled-up over the last number of years have been the best investments in building health systems, while also dealing with the AIDS epidemic, One of the major announcements expected at the 18th International AIDS conference is about a microbicide gel called CAPRISA 004.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15