Skiing in just his seventh-career World Cup race, Weibrecht pulled off one of the most exhilarating Alpine runs in recent memory.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Hamid Karzai was declared the winner on Monday, roughly 24 hours after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the run-off election set for November 7.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

President Robert Mugabe swore himself into office for a new five-year term in June after then opposition-leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the run-off election because of violence against his supporters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15