But Ahmed the alleged pirate whose phone number was given to VOA by the agent operating the ship, says no arms are on board.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Separately, a French foreign ministry official told reporters in Paris the agent had escaped on his own, without incident, and that no ransom had been paid.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

(NO TRANSCRIPTS) In 2008,Kennedy saw an agent of change in Senator Barack Obama and became one of the first prominent Democrats to endorse Obama's bid for the party's nomination for president.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Ellen Sabin is a piker in publishing--she has no agent, no big-name publisher and no experience writing books.

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And the warning agent is no less than William C.

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After former Philadelphia Flyers winger Arron Asham signed with the rival Pittsburgh Penguins over the weekend, his agent wasted no time revealing the reason for his decision to take less money with the team.

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