During last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama expressed a willingness to meet leaders of nations with which the United States has no official diplomatic relations, including Cuban President Raul Castro.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

But,just past the tournament's midpoint, one thing the players and coaches of the visiting teams all agree on is the warmth and hospitality with which they have been received by the Nigerian people.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

It is because of the heroism, the calm under pressure,the grace with which these three gentlemen operated, but also the entire NASA family that was able to, at great risk oftentimes and with great danger, was somehow able to lift our sights not just here in the United States, but around the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

The researchers disagree with the World Health Organization which says blindness and other vision problems are the leading cause.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

They're novels that deal with the arrogance of man and the pride of man which is ultimately man's downfall."

VOA: special.2010.12.02

But,the Internet is really a network of networks which exchange traffic all the time and compete with each other.

VOA: special.2010.08.20

A planetarium is a theater with a rounded ceiling onto which images of the stars and planets are projected.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

And so I leave it with all of you: Which came out of the open door C the lady,or the tiger?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

"Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?

VOA: special.2009.05.29

The Taliban has regrouped with support from al-Qaida, which operates from safe refuge along the border with Pakistan.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

Brown's lawyers then argued that he was not guilty of the three crimes with which he was charged.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Straight No Chaser is an acapella group which means the singers do not perform with any instrumental music.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

The Burma Road was a major route by which the United States was supplying China with munitions as part of the Lend-Lease Act.

VOA: special.2011.05.26

His team won a national championship in nineteen eighty-nine which the school shared with Santa Clara University.

VOA: special.2010.06.02