For three years, al-Shabab has led militants in battles -- mostly against the peacekeepers -- for control of Mogadishu.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

When repairs are not possible, Pat Metheny returns to what he is famous for --- simply great jazz guitar.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

"But what will my duties be? Do I have to personally reject these three thousand good-for-nothings you speak of?

VOA: special.2010.04.24

In nineteen eighty-seven, she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to improve the lives of black children.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

All fifty states require at least one year of hospital work for doctors-in-training educated at medical schools in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

Students who violate the terms of their visa - for example, by working off-campus without permission - could be sent home.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Last year,he established Timeless Media, a for-profit company that pays for and extends the work of Playing for Change.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

But the oil is processed and exported -- at least for now -- from Port Sudan in the north.

VOA: special.2011.01.08

President Felipe Calderon has deployed thousands of troops for anti-drug efforts since he took office in two thousand six.

VOA: special.2009.03.14

Pierce wanted to run for re-election. Many northern Democrats,however, objected to his support of the pro-slavery legislature in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

It never goes away completely. America's Food and Drug Administration has approved three drugs for fibromyalgia - Lyrica,Cymbalta and Savella.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

One of his former students,Jeffrey Schwarz, helped remake the basement to use for pottery-making classes for the community.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

In the United States, the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute is looking for more-effective treatments for radiation exposure.

VOA: special.2011.03.30

They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.

VOA: special.2010.07.22