Diamonds are central to the case. The prosecution says Mr.Taylor traded diamonds mined in Sierra Leone for weapons, which he smuggled into the country.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

That is because 'terrorism' is but a tactic -- a means to an end, which in al-Qaida's case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

He is gong to die." Many close to the case in Britain were disappointed last week when Megrahi dropped his appeal, which would have allowed for a review and examination of the evidence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

If the so called "double dip" scenario happens,in which the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"It does not really matter because in the best case scenario we have today,we will still have a moderate virus that is projected to cause several million deaths extra deaths than the usual influenza annual mortality, which means that even in the best-case scenario, we do have an emergency on our hand,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"There were some problems with some tactics, techniques and procedures, the way in which close air support was supposed to have been executed in this case, such that, at least with one of the aircraft involved, a B-1 bomber, that plane because of how it takes its bombing routes had to break away from positive I.D.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08