She says being a mom is hard. "Because you have to get up every two hours in the middle of the night, and you can't go out and say 'I am going to buy this for myself.'

VOA: special.2010.05.13

That is because out of three days and two nights, the families will only see each other for a total of about 11 hours.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Pakistani ground troops moved out of their bases in and around South Waziristan Saturday, hours after top military and political leaders met in the capital,Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Some European stores reported selling out their stock of iPads in under three hours.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Hamid Karzai was declared the winner on Monday, roughly 24 hours after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out of the run-off election set for November 7.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"The unanticipated consequence is that people are now crossing less frequently and have to wait one to two hours coming in and out of our ports of entry."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21