This three-week event brings eight hundred artists to the city to celebrate the arts and culture of the Arab world.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

It has grown into a huge event that brings together musicians, record companies,filmmakers, reporters and radio programmers from around the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

The event gathers some of the world's most powerful political and business leaders at a small ski village in the Swiss Alps.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

It is the first time that the world's biggest sports event will be held in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Performers and visitors travel to the city from around the world for this event.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

The World Health Assembly established the event in nineteen eighty-seven.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

The event is the world's biggest technology trade show.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

The world could see the history-making event on television.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Most of the developed world has gone through exercises to prepare their systems in the event of a pandemic.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

And fans from around the world are in the streets, impatient for the big event to begin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Friday's event in Dakar was one of more than 160 taking place throughout the world.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

The event is expected to draw more than 400,000 football fans from around the world.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan says when H1N1 appeared her agency was expecting an event similar to the 1918 pandemic, which killed 50 million people.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

It's different but it's very pretty out here." The president at the time, Richard Nixon, watched the breathtaking event on television with the rest of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

Senior Police Superintendent Vishnu Naidoo says security preparations for next year's World Cup are even more extensive and include steps to prevent undesirable foreign elements from disrupting the event.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

It was his fourth world title in the event. Meanwhile,defending World champion Tyson Gay of the United States announced he will not run in the 200 meter event at the Championships.

VOA: standard.2009.08.18

This year, the team's experience shows, with Johnny Spillane earning his first World Cup win in early January while Lodwick finished on the podium in two events and Demong won a World Cup event in October.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

They have had to counter doubts over their ability to host the event since the announcement was made that South Africa had been selected to host the first ever football World Cup on African soil.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

With their first experience as a host country for a FIFA event nearly behind them, Egyptians are looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa next year, and are anxious to share their experiences with their fellow Africans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12