Thursday night's joyous concert in Soweto featured rising South Africa star Lira who sang an old Miriam Makeba favorite, Pata Pata.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

He recounts a phone call with his mother before taking the 200-meter gold in record time Thursday night.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Since Thursday night, there have been sporadic street battles around the red-shirt camp in the middle of an upscale commercial,hotel and residential district in Bangkok.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

In a Middle East policy address Thursday night, Clinton urged Arab countries to back up verbal statements of support for the Palestinian Authority with tangible financial aid.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

LeBron James has remained silent until now, and will announce his future plans in kingly fashion Thursday night on a nationally televised program simply titled "The Decision" on the ESPN television network.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Authorities say an intelligence tip related to a possible terror strike in the capital ahead of Independence Day ceremonies August 15 led to the arrests Thursday night in the parking lot of a shopping district in the old part of the city.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

During a late-night televised speech Thursday, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani called on the nation to unite against the Taliban, pledging that the military will not quit until the Swat militants are eliminated from the region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07