She says youth movements have also become politically active, promising to vote after looking at a candidate's record on the environment.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The political agreement led to extraordinary compromises for the MDC, considering Mr.Tsvangirai's popularity and Mr.Mugabe's age and poor human-rights record.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Harp says, "My mind would hark back to the day when I discovered John Coltrane's 'Soul Trane' and Dave Brubeck's 'Time Out' albums in my parent's record collection."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

China has long been listed as a "country of particular concern" by the State Department for its record on religious freedom, as has U.S.Persian Gulf ally Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Political history lecturer Lawrence Black, from Britain's Durham University, says the financial markets want to see an end to the political deadlock and immediate moves to downsize Britain's record budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

"There are,of course,some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

NATO announced that six more U.S.troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly nine-year-old war.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Many people believe Pat Summitt's winning record will not be reached by another college basketball coach for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

International adviser Richard Tanson at the University of Virginia says even minor violations stay on a student's permanent immigration record.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

from Ziggy Marley's latest album. Like many songs on the record, this one has a special guest performer.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

Fuller's good navy record won him a short-term appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis,Maryland.

VOA: special.2010.05.30

"The record is clear. Identity politics is at the core of Judge Sotomayor's self-definition."

VOA: special.2009.07.18

The record had been held by James Camerons earlier film "Titanic."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,Ohio is celebrating the record company's anniversary all year with a new exhibit "Motown: The Sound of Young America Turns Fifty."

VOA: special.2009.05.11

One company agreed to record some of Woody's songs.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

"What protects the lady is when the FBI does their background check, and if this guy's got a criminal record he's not going to be allowed to bring a lady here."

VOA: special.2011.02.14

Melanie Walker brought home another gold for Jamaica, setting a championship record of 52.42 seconds in the women's 400-meters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21