Barack Obama has spoken repeatedly of Lincoln's influence in making it possible for the country to have its first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

It was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in all parts of the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

A report this year from the EF Education First company listed Spain is a "low proficiency" country in English.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

And she worked with a judge in Denver to establish the first court in the country to deal only with young people.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

In India,he became the first American president to openly support a permanent seat for that country on the United Nations Security Council.

VOA: special.2010.11.13

The end of his first one reads like poetry as he appeals for unity in a country under threat of civil war.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

Two years ago, it became the first school in the country to join the Confucius Classroom program.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

This June the eyes of the football world will be on South Africa when it becomes the first African country to host the World Cup.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

On Friday the country held the first funerals for victims of the attacks.

VOA: special.2011.07.30

John F.Kennedy, the country's first Roman Catholic president, is sixth on the list.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

Also this week, the country launched its first Iranian-made satellite into space.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The first political leaders of the country often lived in rooming houses.

VOA: special.2010.09.10

He served as the country's first ambassador to the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

Barack Obama is the country's first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

The Germans,by a remarkable combination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without defenders.

VOA: special.2011.05.12

and he was the first country star to play in the Las Vegas tourist district known as "The Strip."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

General Aziz came to power last August in a coup that toppled the country's first freely-elected leader, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

His fans are equally impressed with the album. First-week sales led to a Number One debut on Billboard's Country chart.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

The United Nations World Food Program says Chad could be the first country to fall victim to this funding crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02