Ghana earned a berth in this year's Under-20 World Cup final by seeing off Hungary in the semi-final round Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Growing fears of a flu epidemic across the Arab world is prompting Arab health ministers to restrict participation in this year's annual Hajj.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

The survey reports that support for democracy as the best form of government has fallen from 84 percent in 2006 to 78 percent in this year's poll.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The president said Democrats can point to numerous accomplishments in this year's campaign.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

The last award in this year's Nobel series, the Economics Prize, has been awarded to Elinor Ostrom from Indiana University and to Oliver Williamson from the University of California at Berkeley.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The Saudi government has the power to grant or deny visas according to its own discretion, and the Saudis indicated last month that participation in this year's Hajj should be restricted.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

Saudi Arabia stipulated in July that no individuals under the age of 12 or over the age of 65 would be allowed to participate in this year's Hajj, due to swine flu concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.11.29

I need you! John needs you!" After losing control of Congress in 2006 and the White House last year, Republicans are looking to rebound in this year's governor's races, and they seem to have the advantage in Virginia where Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds in public opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

About three thousand delegates from around China are in Beijing for this year's meeting of the National People's Congress.

VOA: special.2011.03.05

In January of this year, the Supreme Court, by the narrowest majority, voted five to four to end the ban.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

The research company IDC says fifty-five million smartphones were sold worldwide in the first three months of this year.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

On Thursday JPMorgan Chase reported more than two billion dollars in profit for the first three months of this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

The state can seek loans to pay its bills until more tax money comes in later this year.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

In February of this year,however, President Obama told the Justice Department to stop defending the law in court.

VOA: special.2011.05.23