The U.S.Men's Ice Hockey Team begins its Vancouver Olympics campaign against Switzerland on the opening day of the tournament - February 16.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

There was news during the day. A statement announced the lifting of sanctions against Mauritania.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Delegates from Asia, the United States and Europe attending two-day International Wildfire Management Conference see improved technology and research as weapons against wildfires around the world.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

In February,more than 1,000 officers,veterans, and civilians rallied against military reforms in a protest sponsored by the Communist Party on Defender of the Motherland Day, a Russian national holiday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20