This was the emergency call from the house where he was living.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

The poor showing added to mounting pressure for Prime Minister Taro Aso to dissolve the Lower House of the parliament and call a general election.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

But international security expert Paul Cornish from the Chatham House in London says it is too early to call the British operation in Helmand province a success.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27