Senator Kennedy died early Wednesday at his Massachusetts home.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

In initial reports, senior Somali military and police officials said a foreigner approached government soldiers near the Villa Somalia presidential palace in Mogadishu early Wednesday, identifying himself as one of the French men abducted by gunmen at the Sahafi Hotel last month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Asian stock markets the measure tumbled in early trading Wednesday following new fears about Greece's debt problems.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

In a White House bill-signing ceremony Wednesday, the president reaffirmed a goal he set out early this year: to double exports of U.S.goods and services in the next five years.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11