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

Far more somber was the director of Mr.Obama's National Economic Council, Larry Summers,who spoke on Fox News Sunday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

The mood this Easter in the Abruzzo region was somber as many prayed for relatives and friends they lost to the quake.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

A rain-soaked President Obama delivered a somber message from a Coast Guard station on Louisiana's threatened coastline.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

In the seaside village,Leone, others filled Holy Cross Catholic church for a more somber service.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Interviewed on the BBC, the influential billionaire investor George Soros delivered a somber assessment.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Coming after a week of almost-universally upbeat economic data that buoyed U.S.markets, Wednesday's more-somber news is a reality-check, according to Alan Brown of Schroders, an asset management company.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"I think the mood is very somber, I would call it."

VOA: standard.2010.03.01