"As you know,I have keys which can open any lock in Paris.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Poetry feeds my soul. Poetry is comforting and soothing, and it's awe-inspiring as a glimpse of rainbow, which should come as no surprise since poems and rainbows have something in common.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

The unique number will be put on an identity card which will have biometric authentication, such as fingerprints and photographs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

That budget would end funding for the Constellation program, which would have returned U.S.astronauts to the moon as a stepping stone to Mars.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

That means the long-range rocket, which international satellites have spotted on a North Korean launch pad, could fire its engines as early as Saturday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Volunteers from Indonesia's Aceh province have headed to Padang, the hardest-hit city in the September 30 quake, which killed hundreds and destroyed as many as 180,000 buildings.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Officials also still not have released any figures for voter turnout, which observers predict may be as low as 10 percent in areas where the Taliban insurgency is active.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Here in the United States, stand-alone record stores have given way to such alternatives as digital downloading which now accounts for about 20 percent of all recorded music sales.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Iran's military exercises, which started Sunday and have included test launches of short and medium-range missiles as well, come just days after the disclosure that Tehran is building a new uranium enrichment plant.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"President Zardari's troops are risking their lives courageously fighting extremists as we speak, a vital task which of course has had an impact on human beings and their local communities many of whom have been displaced as a result,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

The eight,which have formed a coalition called the Forum for Democratic Dialogue, say fairness is impossible as long as the prime minister appoints the National Electoral Board and the government maintains its tight control over the media.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

In an opinion piece published in the Times of India newspaper she said the United States and India which have both experienced searing terrorist attacks should intensify anti-terrorism cooperation, and encourage Pakistan as it confronts the challenge of violent extremism.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

He qualifies exhumations as a humanitarian act that allows families to close what he calls the circle of pain and mourning in which they have been caught for a quarter of a century, and says it was unthinkable as recently as a few years ago that investigations into war crimes would have been allowed in this country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18