Arthur Conan Doyle,creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, wrote about Poe's influence on other crime writers: "Each may find some little development of his own, but his main art must trace back to those admirable stories of Monsieur Dupin,so wonderful in their masterful force, their reticence,their quick dramatic point."

VOA: special.2009.02.02

We're glad to be a part of it." It is a day Darlene Garner and Candy Holmes thought would never come.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

U.N.humanitarian chief John Holmes, met with government officials in the capital and asked for immediate humanitarian access to the combat zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

Holmes said the four organizations are CARE International, Save the Children, Mercy Corps and PADCO.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

Holmes said Sudanese government efforts to fill the most critical gaps have been inadequate, but have for the moment prevented a secondary humanitarian crisis from erupting.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

"Marriage is for a man and woman." Holmes and Garner also are Christian ministers.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

U.N.Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes visited the conflict zone,Friday, during a three-day visit to Yemen, inspecting one of five refugee camps in the north of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

Holmes also complained that his agency has received only $3.8 million of the $23.5 million that was called for in early September to help victims of the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

That assessment is shared by the U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

Holmes says these protesters against gay marriage do not bother her.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

The Cardinals looked on the verge of winning their first Super Bowl title when Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger organized a drive capped by a touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes to win the game in the waning seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

U.N.humanitarian chief John Holmes told the Security Council Thursday that during his recent visit to Khartoum, government officials made clear to him both in private and in public that new aid groups and those with new names and logos are welcome in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11