But he doubts that Shahzad, an American whose father was a senior officer in Pakistan's airforce, would have received training from top militants.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

While his approval rating in the United States may be slipping, President Barack Obama, whose father was from Kenya, remains popular in Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

There is just enough room for two people. Walsh was joined on Trieste's historic dive by co-pilot Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard - whose father,Auguste Piccard, had designed the craft.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

That has set off intense speculation here about the identity of the intended victim with published reports mentioning high-profile Congress Party politician Rahul Gandhi, whose father and grandmother, both prime ministers, were assassinated.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The Global Heritage Scholarship at Mizzou, for example,is only for international undergraduates whose mother or father graduated from there.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

My quiet father whose voice could hardly be heard in church sang to the oysters!

VOA: special.2009.02.14

It warns of a nearing catastrophe. For Intifar's father, Mahmoud Abu Ibrahim,a farmer in his 80s whose crops depend on rainfall, the catastrophe is here.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01