Major measures of United States markets have closed with their biggest one-day losses since the financial crisis of two thousand eight.

VOA: special.2011.08.12

On a cold and cloudy day in March of eighteen sixty-one, Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

One of its official organizers in the United States is a Washington based nonprofit group called Earth Day Network.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

One United States soldier,however, was killed the next day when a cannon exploded as Anderson's men prepared to leave the fort.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The next year,President Woodrow Wilson signed a document declaring November eleventh as Armistice Day in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

National Woman's Day was first celebrated in the United States on February twenty eighth, nineteen hundred and nine.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

On the twelfth day of the Olympics the United States broke its medal record for competition outside America.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

On that same day, Abraham Lincoln left his home in Illinois to become president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Susan Bass says that this year's Earth Day will be a busy one in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

The scientists used a computer model to predict how just three grams less salt a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

Last week was Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

I think it's probably really the most important holiday in the United States because it is a day that is not tied to a particular religion.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

On November eleventh, communities across the United States hold ceremonies to observe Veterans Day.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

The Fourth of July is Independence Day in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Today we tell about Independence Day in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

In the United States, November eleventh is Veterans Day.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

This Monday is Memorial Day in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor and whereas both houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

VOA: special.2009.11.23

More than 1,200 military personnel from the United States, Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania, and Uganda are involved in the 10-day exercise that began Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Beijing's announcement comes one day after the United States became the last of several industrialized countries to commit to cutting carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

In the United States,it is like a gigantic national party day that no one wants to miss.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

The Washington rally coincided with tax deadline day in the United States, the day Americans must file their income tax returns with the government.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Delegates from Asia, the United States and Europe attending two-day International Wildfire Management Conference see improved technology and research as weapons against wildfires around the world.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

Clinton called the trafficking of persons for forced labor,sexual exploitation and other illicit purposes "modern-day" slavery that spans the globe and affects every country including the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

Various United Against Malaria campaigns are being launched in eight other African countries as well as in Britain and the United States to mark World Malaria Day on Sunday.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

The leading U.S.carrier says it is also excited about the additional cargo opportunities the new Abuja route will provide, offering same-day shipment to many cities across the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

One day after Cuban President Raul Castro called for open dialogue with the United States, Mr.Obama had this to say: "The United States seeks a new beginning with Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17