"It is indeed an honor and a privilege to address the Council today on this important occasion for my country,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

While the anniversary was an official holiday in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it was a somber occasion in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Both Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Turkish President Gul were all smiles for the historic occasion.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

So,I feel that this is a good occasion to build on that for the future,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

While many are working hard to build the tents and stages for the event, few want to speak about the man at the center of the occasion.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Australian rock heavyweight Midnight Oil has been reformed for the occasion.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

Health care activists who favor a more comprehensive approach to reform staged their own protest outside the Capitol, complete with signs and even a special song for the occasion.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Lovell will join fellow astronaut Fred Haise to mark the occasion.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Among those who did show up to share the spotlight with Mr.Gadhafi were Brazil's President Lula de Silva, who took advantage of the occasion to denounce the coup in Honduras.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Seventy-three years later, American athletes are competing in the same stadium where Owens put on his iconic performance and USA Track & Field is recognizing the occasion by adding the initials "JO" above the heart on the team's uniforms.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

In this occasion,he said, we certainly took a step forward to make all of us feel we belong to the same country and we can be proud of our generosity and the assistance we have provided to all these people.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

"The occasion of the CRC's is an opportunity for us all to reflect upon the injustice of such disparities, and to rededicate our efforts to realizing the rights of these excluded children, as well as to sustain the gains made to date."

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"It has become increasingly clear that Tony Blair misled parliament on more than one occasion and I think that MPs were invited to make their own judgment on the merits of the case for war and they were entitled to do so on the truth and it looks very much as though that the truth was withheld from parliament and many MPs may well have made a different decision if they had had the full unvarnished truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13