When Alexander's year long bread making adventure came to its end, he realized that the perfect loaf of bread he was after was whatever loaf he was baking at the time.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Ten years ago at this time, NATO was bombing Serbia to end its violent campaign against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

Its long history almost came to an end two years ago when a major fire burned its South Hall building.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

At the end of March, President Obama called for the United States to expand its offshore oil and gas exploration.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Toyota says it expects costs and lost sales from its recent safety recalls to total two billion dollars by the end of March.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

She warned Eritrea to end its support for groups fighting to control Somalia.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

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

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The inquiry is expected to publish a report of its findings by the end of 2010, or possibly even in 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Among the festival's most popular attractions are its local acts, arriving from one end of Louisiana to the other.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Mr.Lee has pushed North Korea to fulfill its pledges to end its nuclear program and had scaled back aid to the impoverished country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

He went to Liberia in 2003 after the end of its two back-to-back civil wars, wars in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Nuru Design plans to increase its customer base tenfold by the end of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

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

Its main goal is to use agriculture-based development to end hunger,reduce poverty and food insecurity,as well as increase opportunities for Africa to become a food exporter.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Standing alongside Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated a call for Russia to end its military presence in two breakaway Georgian regions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Iran is played host to a high-profile summit of two key war-torn neighbors, Pakistan and Afghanistan, in a bid to put an end to conflicts that rage along its borders.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

But Nye tells VOA that while the power of U.S.ideas and its ability "to deter Soviet aggression" are essential to understanding the end of the Cold War, neither are root causes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

The president said that includes bringing the Iraq war to a responsible end and pursuing a new, comprehensive strategy to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida and its allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Clinton said a North Korean missile launch, for any purpose, would be a provocative act and a violation of U.N.Security Council resolution 1718 - approved after its 2006 nuclear test- demanding an end to Pyonyang's nuclear weapon and missile programs.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

At the White House, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the threatened North Korea moves were "a serious step in the wrong direction" and urged Pyongyang to end what he termed its "provocative threats" and live up to its international obligations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

That is who we are. That is what we do." Mr.Obama honored the 78 West Point graduates who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he again said the U.S.is poised to end its combat mission in Iraq in the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

Last week,President Talabani visited Istanbul to urge Turkish leaders to approve an amnesty for Kurdish rebels, as well as according more cultural freedom to its own Kurdish minority, as part of the framework of a deal to end the PKK's terror activities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

But Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell says serious issues will be discussed related to the new government's decision to end a refueling mission for alliance ships supplying the international effort in Afghanistan and its concerns about plans to relocate some U.S.forces in Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Some analysts have suggested that the Obama administration move to dramatically change the nature of the U.S.-Iran relationship through a so-called "grand bargain" by,for example,making some concessions on regional security issues in return for an end to Iran's nuclear program and its interference in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

(RECORDING) Erekat said President Abbas will tell Mitchell that if the United States does not succeed in convincing Israel to stop the settlement expansion, it will - in Erekat's words mean that no one in the Arab world will believe that Mr.Obama can ultimately convince Israel to end its occupation of the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14