But the deputy prime minister said al-Qaida first recruited the young man in Britain when he was a student in London.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

When she arrived in Moscow, a Soviet official gave her a special travel permit, because he liked her industrial photographs.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

President Clinton spoke about remembering the separation of the races on buses in the South when he was a boy.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

There appeared to be less reaction later in the week when a different group released new guidelines for cervical cancer testing.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

He was five years old when he began singing with his brothers in a group called the Jackson 5.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

The other is the Rachel Carson Homestead in Springdale,Pennsylvania, the home she lived in when she was a child.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

When a German submarine sank a British ship in the Irish Sea, one of the victims was an American citizen.

VOA: special.2010.10.07

There are two kinds of strokes. An ischemic stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Obsidian is a kind of black glass formed when the heat of a volcano melts the silica material in sand.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

If you live in a cold area, a tender bulb will need special care when the growing season is over.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis,Tennessee, at a time when the southern city discriminated against blacks in all areas of public life.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

When he sees a stock rise in price, he uses the computer to buy shares of the stock.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

Clay becomes very hard when it is put in a fire or a special oven called a kiln.

VOA: special.2009.01.12