Residents in the villages closest to the attacks have fled their homes to stay with relatives and friends nearby.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

The mood this Easter in the Abruzzo region was somber as many prayed for relatives and friends they lost to the quake.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Friends and relatives do not even have to go to the store to choose a gift from the registry.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

Later,she began spending three months at a time with friends and relatives so she could attend other area schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

They urged the immigrants to write letters to their friends and relatives in the old country.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

But the United Nations refugee agency said Friday that figure misses the tens of thousands of people who stay with friends and relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The vast majority of them are living with friends, relatives and in temporary camps.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

He also recalled the loss of many friends and relatives, including his father, former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bombing in 2004.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16