On Friday,the United Nations made an emergency appeal for more than half a billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

But not all groups that appeal for money are honest.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

South African President Jacob Zuma issued his second appeal for calm since the murder of the head of the Afrikaaner Resistance Movement, Eugene Terre'Blanche.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's appeal for reconciliation echoed elements of his inaugural address last week.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

President Karzai's appeal for peace also comes two days after a statement attributed to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar appeared on a Taliban Web site.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Clinton's keynote speech at a dinner organized by the Atlantic Council was more an appeal for unity among the expanded NATO alliance than a commemoration of the transformative events in Berlin two decades ago.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Morales,who founded a rehabilitation center in San Jose that has helped more than 3,000 trafficking victims, made an emotional appeal for governments to finance organizations like hers, urging remembrance she said, "for all victims who have died without a voice to speak for them."

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

in the last year we've had the decision the BBC wouldn't broadcast the conference against climate change because they thought it was too partisan, wouldn't have an appeal for the fund for the victims in Gaza, but is quite prepared to give Nick Griffin prime time TV,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Finally they see the agent, Mickey Rockford, and appeal to him for a break -- a chance to become stars.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

The appeal was rejected. On July seventh,David Herold, Lewis Paine,George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt were hanged for the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

And I would strongly appeal to other parts of the world to adopt similar instruments for the protection of internally displaced."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Watkins says 68 percent of the appeal is now covered, but more than half of that money is for food assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

He credits the writers for much of the show's appeal. ""Lost" seems to me the best and most successful and logical use of a multicultural cast on television,seems organic."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"We didn't have to hesitate too long; we said yes." Money raised will go to the Red Cross bushfire appeal as well as providing relief for flood victims in Queensland.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

The visa for James Elder, an Australian,has been canceled effective Monday, but officials say after an appeal from the United Nations he will be allowed to stay there under September 21.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

He is gong to die." Many close to the case in Britain were disappointed last week when Megrahi dropped his appeal, which would have allowed for a review and examination of the evidence.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

"I think in the long run what this does is to contribute to what seems to be occurring right now and that is the retrenchment of the Republican Party, opting for purity of ideological beliefs rather than a broad-based appeal to the general public."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

"As for when this comprehensive debate about clear objectives in Afghanistan will take place, the lawmakers who made the appeal to the president point to the 2010 defense appropriations bill Congress will consider, and a new $75 billion war supplemental measure the White House will send to Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17