Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd noted that Thursday's vote will be only the second time the Senate will be in session on Christmas Eve since 1963.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The latest attack occurred Friday as Parliament was in session for the aid package debate.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Curtis Sandberg at the Meridian International Center in Washington is curator of the exhibit called "Jam Session."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

One night in nineteen thirty-six, the young musician decided to take part in a "jam session."

VOA: special.2009.05.03

No breakthroughs took place as the three leaders met on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly session in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

On Monday,President Sharif attended the opening session of the Somali transitional parliamentin Mogadishu, dressed in a military uniform.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Under weeping willows and oak trees, musicians gather to play bluegrass at a picking session in rural Cassia,Florida.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Hatoyama is expected to be formally elected prime minister in a special session of parliament, which must be held within 30 days.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

In May,the UN Human Rights Council held a special session on the situation in Sri Lanka.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

He will convene the Cabinet in special session on Monday, possibly to finalize the agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

"Coming in mid-session will be more difficult than having started January 6th,I am sure.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

He described the call as "gracious". Franken conceded that he will have some catching up to do, coming in six months after the Senate session began.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

"We certainly will have somebody in place," "It would be irresponsible if we did not have somebody in place by the beginning of the October session."

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

In an emotional session of the Scottish parliament, frank exchanges were the norm.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will also be at the U.N.this month, attending a Security Council session expected to adopt a resolution expanding the protection of women in conflict zones.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

But in the weekly Republican response, Senator John Cornyn of Texas criticized the cost of the president's which Mr.Obama had outlined in a Wednesday speech to a joint session of Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Blair,a retired U.S.Navy admiral who has been in his job about two months, covered a wide range of topics during a lengthy session with reporters at DNI headquarters just outside Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

In addition to the non-proliferation summit, Rice confirmed that President Obama will address the opening session of a climate change summit to be convened by U.N.Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on September 22.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

(Speech) In January,Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan publicly criticized Israel over the Gaza campaign and walked out of a session of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland attended by Israeli President Shimon Peres.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

And the high court is going to look at it and it is very strange in that for the first time in Iranian judiciary that they are having the high court session just (a) few weeks after the sentence was issued.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

So we thought that it's timely, especially that this year, there was a great effort by UNAIDS invested in the region to ensure that all the countries will actually report and live up to their commitments made to the 2001 Declaration in the U.N.General Assembly Special Session on HIV.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07