Friends in the entertainment world have expressed their grief, with pop diva Diana Ross calling Jackson's death too sudden and shocking.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

President Obama already has committed more U.S.troops to Afghanistan and he is calling for more allied support.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

The U.S.Embassy in Kabul, in a statement, is calling for patience as the "process" continues.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking in Parliament in Berlin, is calling for patience to ascertain precisely what happened while defending her country's military mission in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

Mr.Obama is calling on the Senate to quickly approve General Clapper's nomination.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Mamboundou's party is calling on its supports to "resist" the outcome.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

He is calling on the U.S. to help plug the flow.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Former Congressman Vin Weber, another group member,pointed out that the Bush administration policy of promoting regime change by military intervention strengthened the misperception that while the U.S.is calling for democratic reforms, Washington is continuing to support repressive governments in allied Muslim countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

We also will tell about what some researchers are calling the world's oldest leather shoe.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

When the cow heard Sylvie's voice calling her, she would hide among the bushes.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Ronald Reagan's family began calling the baby "Dutch."

VOA: special.2011.02.06

The Russian leader also praised U.S.President Barack Obama's recent call for a nuclear-weapons-free world, calling it a "beautiful and right goal."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Mr.Singh's comments come in the wake of a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on all countries to sign the treaty.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Emergency founder Gino Strada denounced the detentions of the aid group's three workers, calling it a mafia-style attempt to silence a witness.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12