The government promised last month to end its use of heavy weapons.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Fully-fledged negotiations opened last September and if successful, these peace talks, could formally end the 35-year division of the island.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

As for how long the recession will last, Bryson predicts that the economy could turn positive by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The government appointed five-member panel began its first public hearings in London in an inquiry expected to last until the end of 2010 and possibly beyond.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

The U.S.economy grew at a faster than expected rate at the end of 2009, up nearly six percent in the last three months of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

And that is where the Spanish team comes in. Towards the end of last year, Kenyatta National Hospital and the drug company Novartis formed a partnership called "Interlife."

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

Analysts say Mr.Kim may be heading to China to seek financial aid, following a botched North Korean currency reform at the end of last year that worsened inflation and sparked civil unrest.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

And there are the Disney theme parks. But toward the end of last year, the Walt Disney Family Museum was born in a complex of modest red brick buildings less than a five-minute drive from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

"There is a realization at the end of the day that despite all the profits that Russia got from its sale of oil and gas over the last 10 years, that unless it modernizes its economy and reforms it, it will be a declining power."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18