Chicago is one of 4 candidates to host the Summer Olympics in 2016.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

they will gain an understanding of some of the people who live and survive, often unnoticed, in the Olympics host city.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

For young college graduates, majoring in one of the biosciences can open a whole host of career possibilities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Russia,the host nation for next Winter Games in Sochi in 2014,won 15 medals, three of them gold.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

The host,Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi made no mention of Mr.Ahmedinejad's absence in his brief opening address.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

She says children in the camps are better off than the tens of thousands of children who are living with family and friends in host communities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

South Africans are excited about hosting the football World Cup for the first time in Africa and they are especially proud of the new stadiums that will host the 64 matches.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

The second major FIFA youth football tournament of the year will kick off Saturday in Nigeria when the host Golden Eaglets play Germany on the opening day of the Under-17 World Cup.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

As host of this year's World Jatropha Summit, the government in Accra is seeking greater investment in the hardy plant whose seeds can be crushed into an oil that is processed into high-quality biodiesel.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

In closing the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt last Friday, FIFA President Sepp Blatter sounded less than assured in wishing the best to Nigeria as host of the Under-17 event, in what he described as the African year of football.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22