Parliament is now scheduled to meet next week for a third time to choose a new leader - but this round too is widely expected to end in a deadlock.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Najafi was asked by a reporter about reports U.S.special envoy Richard Holbrooke is trying to pressure the Afghan government into holding a second round to alleviate concerns of widespread voter fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

"All right,what we're going to do now is take this basic round bead and we're going to apply some frit.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Basically,it's like lip synching with a guitar." Lance "The Shred" Kasten from Washington,D.C.,made it to the final round of competition.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Every time a woman lost a round of the fighting, she had to take a piece of clothing off.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Round and round he swam trying to reach the basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Now it was not just any old cake. It came in the round cake pans, and I baked it, but then I attempted to cut out a heart and used pink icing and decorated it.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

What does he think of Valentine's Day? "I think it's actually a good opportunity to remember those things that we want to do on Valentine's Day you know,special things for the spouse or whoever you probably ought to do them year-round.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

"The world has been a very violent place in oil frontier places when we have had enough to go round.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

and NATO military commanders, as well as Afghan security officials, that a second round "is absolutely possible to do."

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Turkish officials were in Washington last month to defend their government's no-vote in the latest round of U.N.sanctions against Tehran.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

As the president began his latest round of appearances to push health-care reform, he got some good news from Capitol Hill.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

The incumbent has 54 percent of valid votes above the absolute majority needed to avoid a second round of balloting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Campaign staffers for President Karzai say a second-round election is unavoidable and the only constitutional means to establisha new government.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25