This Thursday is the two hundredth anniversary of his birth.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

President Obama called President Dmitri Medvedev on Thursday to tell him that American firefighting equipment is on the way.

VOA: special.2010.08.14

On Thursday a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said "China's Internet is open" and that Chinese law bars cyber attacks.

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Senate majority leader Harry Reid told reporters that,at the moment, he is looking ahead only to Thursday's vote.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Before returning to Washington, Secretary Clinton is to fly to Russia's ethnically diverse Republic of Tartarstan to hold a roundtable discussion on Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

A final televised debate is to take place next Thursday, followed by the election on May 6.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

The minister of arts and culture, Lulu Xingwana, noted the opening is to be preceded by a music concert Thursday of international and African stars.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Geithner is scheduled to testify to Congress on Thursday, where he will outline the Obama administration's proposals for an overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory structure.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

President Obama says Thursday's meeting is the largest gathering of tribal leaders in U.S.history.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Thursday's notice is the latest unraveling of inter-Korean agreements put in place since a historic 2000 summit to ease tensions and encourage exchanges between the two sides.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Analysts say the resulting probe into Goldman Sachs investment practices could help President Barack Obama, who delivers a major speech Thursday on why financial reform is needed.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Mr.Zuma is scheduled to meet Thursday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Secretary Geithner told the House Financial Services Committee Thursday that it has become clear there is a need for better and tougher regulation in a complex and flawed financial system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Israel offered less hope of an early resolution to the conflict, when Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Israeli radio Thursday that there is no chance of peace anytime soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Dominating the agenda on both sides of the Atlantic is the global financial crisis, the subject of talks Thursday in London among leaders of the Group of 20 developed and developing nations.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Such an option exists under Scottish law, and Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill, announcing Megrahi's release Thursday, said the convicted bomber and former Libyan intelligence officer is near death from prostate cancer.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Secretary Clinton, who is due to leave Russia on Thursday, praised the cooperation between the two countries on other issues, including the renegotiation of the current Strategic Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty which expires in December.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on legislation identical to the House bill, and a separate provision also mirroring House action to encourage financial divestment from Iran by U.S.companies and pension funds.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

With just two months before the presidential poll, the Ivorian government has announced that the provisional voter list is ready and will be submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission, government leaders and political parties on Thursday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said President Obama told him early Thursday that the United States is abandoning plans to build a defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic aimed at intercepting missiles from other countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Clinton,who is set to visit Haiti on Thursday, said that despite its status as the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, it has made progress in democratic governance since elections in 2006 and stands to take another step forward with elections for a new senate on Sunday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14