"Turkey will always be secular," tens of thousands of people chanted as they followed the coffin of professor Turkan Saylan who died of breast cancer on Monday.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

As always in the World Cup, there can only be one winner and only time will tell whether this time round it's the octopus or the parakeet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

"There's been a bump in the road here, but it will be good to get back to the talks there will be good days and bad days, as there always are in these sorts of negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05