"I don't have a problem with it being sung by a non-South African in the sense that it might be an African World Cup or a South African World Cup, but it is for everyone to enjoy."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

They really,I think, represented us very well." Among the American highlights - alpine skier Bode Miller, a two-time overall World Cup champion, ended the frustration of being shut out in the last Olympics by winning a set of medals, a gold,silver and bronze.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

"In terms of foreign policy where Iran comes in, all three parties are following the same interventionist policies which gave us the Iraq war, the wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world and I think on that even the Liberal Democrats - despite being perceived as softer - they're following the same underlying policies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30