Two days earlier, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Germany as thousands of people remembered a different war the Cold War.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

He spoke for almost two hours on a cold and rainy day, without a hat or overcoat.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

The hot line had an important purpose: to prevent accidental war between the two competitors during the period known as the Cold War.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

Words like these come to mind as visitors enter a world of silence, darkness and cold, almost two hundred thirty meters under the ground.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

As they bent over the two, the men saw the child was pale and cold.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

The Obama administration has made clear that it wants to "reset" relations with Russia, so the two former Cold War foes can cooperate on Iran, fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan,and reducing their vast nuclear arsenals.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Clinton said the two countries, which had frosty relations during the Cold War era and beyond, still differ on some key issues but that their new partnership has the potential to be a "signature accomplishment" of the two governments.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20