But the researchers say their holographic telepresence system is still years away from completion.

VOA: special.2010.11.15

"Now,if you're on a star about 1,000 light years away, you see earth as it was 1,000 years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Elections could be at least five years away, while the commodore conducts what he calls a mission to cleanse Fiji of corruption and racism.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Now,20 years on, they say they're three years away from realizing that vision."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Buchanan Renewables President Joel Strickland says it is a low-cost, intermediate solution to Liberia's energy needs, while repairs to the Mt.Coffee hydroelectric facility are at least five years away.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

"Even an optimist like Frank Drake estimates that there would be no more than about in the galaxy, which means that the nearest one is likely to be about 1,000 light years away."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

He started writing in eighteen seventy-six, but put the story away after about two years of work.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

It is exciting to stand only a few meters away and watch scientists clean the asphalt off a fossil that is thousands of years old.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

After being away from the Senate for almost eight years, Clay was surprised to find how bitter the two sections of the United States -- north and south -- had grown toward each other.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

"Hopefully,some of these steps will re-establish some of the security that has slipped away in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

He received five years probation, and was ordered to stay 45 meters away from Rihanna unless both attend public events, when it's reduced to nine meters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

A former insurance salesman, Koroma came to power two years ago with a reform agenda, promising to do away with what some have described as a "draconian" libel law.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Democrats will try to pass the measure after a replacement is named for Senator Robert Byrd, who passed away June 28 after serving more than 50 years in the Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Nesterenko says if there is persistence, political will, and genuine desire to make a qualitative move away from the level of relations that characterized recent years and away from the standstill that affected the bilateral agenda, then a new treaty is entirely within reach.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02