Six years later, the United Nations proclaimed the Sharpeville anniversary to be the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Midweek elimination-round matches have further pared the field at the competition, which began with 24 teams on October 24.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Wider coverage of the single-elimination tournament on the Internet is just one reason for the expanding interest in March Madness.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"It hasn't helped. The elimination of a couple of people, it could be 8 or 10 so far,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Owens fouled during his first two qualifying attempts and was facing elimination.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

The former president says that merchants see a bleak economic future for Iran because of rising prices, lack of investment,lower oil revenues and the elimination of price controls.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The Black Satellites have battled through some adversity to reach the final, edging South Africa in extra time in the first elimination match, and surviving a pair of exciting 3-2 games that came down to the wire in the quarter and semifinals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Senate Democrats were forced to make concessions to some of their members and to Independents, the most significant being the elimination of a government-run insurance option to compete with private companies whose practices have been the focus of sharp criticism for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

In between he spoke of helping one-industry towns, raising pension benefits, enticing migr and foreign scientists, building housing for veterans, constructing roads, central bank lending,elimination of counterfeit pharmaceuticals, fighting drug addiction, encouraging sports, laying fiber optic cables, bringing the Internet to faraway regions and GPS systems to automobiles.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12