In the township of Soweto, music producer Richard Hlungwani redefined traditional Shangaan music by making the beat much faster.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

That same year,three white men in Texas beat a black man, James Byrd Junior,and pulled him to his death behind a truck.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The 5.7 percent growth in GDP from October to December beat analyst expectations by more than one percent.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

"Very disappointing game. At the end of the day, they are not the greatest side in the world and we struggled to even beat them."

VOA: standard.2010.06.13

She became involved in prostitution at the insistence of a former boyfriend, who beat her,and forced her to sell her body the first night they arrived.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

In the end, the Canadian team of Denny Morrison, Lucas Makowsky and Mathieu Giroux beat Chad Hedrick, Brian Hansen and Jonathan Kuck by 21-100ths of one second.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

What the hell are you do... I'll beat your head in,you goddamn oinker!

VOA: standard.other

Sweden beat Switzerland,3-0, and in Sunday's late game, Finland topped Russia,5-1.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

We go into games with no preconceived notions." In U.S.college football, the University of Florida Gators won the title for the second year in a row and the fourth since 1996 when they beat Oklahoma in the Bowl Championship Series game January 9.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24