During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

"The World Cup is beginning to plant the seeds, serving as a glue to bind the nation.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

And nation building, social cohesion, is an important outcome for us in this World Cup.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Here is the first part of the poem: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;

VOA: special.2011.07.17

The journal editors say, "If internal and international migrants comprised a nation, it would be the third most populous country in the world,just after China and India."

VOA: special.2011.07.06

Haiti is the poorest nation in the western half of the world.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

He says hosting the World Cup will help unite the nation.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

The FAO reports that China remains the world's largest fish-producing nation.

VOA: special.2011.02.08

written by Carl Sandburg. Here is the first part of the poem: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker,Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;

VOA: special.2010.01.10

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The boys will come through." As host nation, South Africa's efforts to prepare for the World Cup have been widely praised.

VOA: standard.2010.06.13

"I have every confidence that the nation and the world will see him for the coward that he is,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Six years ago, South Africa won its bid to become the first African nation to host a football World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The land surface pokes just a couple of meters on average above sea level, making it the lowest-lying nation in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

But a 2005 study by the World Health Organization also found France has a higher suicide rate than any other western nation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

South Africa is ready." (OMITTED) "This World Cup is beginning to plant the seeds, serving as a glue to bind the nation."

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The top-three teams in the six-nation group advance to next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

Egypt,with 83 million people, is the most populous Arab nation, and has long been the intellectual and cultural capital of the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

While much attention is being paid to South Africa as the host of Africa's first World Cup, the nation also made history International AIDS Conference.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"And nation building, social cohesion, is an important outcome for us in this World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

But the world's most populous nation is also a leader in renewable energies.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Earlier this year, Maldives pledged to become the world's first carbon neutral nation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Serbia fans cheer their team's first World Cup appearance as an independent nation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.13