I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first noise, when he had turned in the bed.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Since then officials have been reported working on final guidelines for when schools should close.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

All this happened since January, when President Obama took office.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

Rocket attacks have been rare since the Lebanon War three years ago, when Israel fought the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

This recent incursion is the first of its kind since 2008, when hundreds of soldiers entered Iraq to attack PKK bases.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"We are prepared to go to Nigeria. We have been talking about Nigeria since two years ago when I came over here,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

The attacks resembled other bombings since the middle of last year, when U.S.troops withdrew from Iraqi cities.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

But the group has been largely inactive since 2005, when Mr.Abbas was elected on a platform of reaching a negotiated peace with Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Mexico's drug violence has killed nearly 25,000 people since 2006, when Mexico's president launched an anti-drug offensive.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"When (Since) you called me last time, we knew that our daughter stopped her hunger strike.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

It was the most serious clash on the border since the Lebanon War four years ago, when Israel battled the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Kucinich says science has evolved since the 1920s when primates were first used for experimentation.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

No other act had topped both charts since 1983, when Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton achieved that feat with their duet, "Islands In The Stream."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

The country has been plagued by unrest since 1992, when parliamentary elections were canceled as it appeared a coalition of Islamist groups might take power.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded the island in response to a coup in Nicosia by supporters of a union with Greece.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

"We have been reiterating since May 2004,when we won the bid, as South Africa we are confident the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be safe and secure."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Later this week, Mr.Obama will be able to point to another legislative accomplishment when he signs sweeping financial-system regulatory reform legislation he has battled for since coming to office.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Since 1918. That's when Carlisle found medying of Spanish influenza.

VOA: standard.other

The counterterrorism operation in Chechnya was instituted in 1999, when Russia sent troops for the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union to put down a local separatist movement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

How that wood is grown and whether it was harvested legally have become crucial questions since 2008, when the U.S.Congress amended a century-old piece of environmental law known as the Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Last week,Israel won praise from U.S.President Barack Obama when it said it has not approved any new housing projects in the West Bank since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office five months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Experts say production has dropped about a third since he came to office, robbing the country of the full financial benefit that could have accrued in 2008, when global oil prices peaked around $140 a barrel.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

In fact,U.S.and NATO military commanders say insurgent violence rose nearly 60 percent between the first six months of this year, compared to last year the highest level of violence since 2001 when the Taliban government was ousted by US.led forces.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

"There's been a nice recovery since the horrible 2008,2009 drop but we're still below where we were when the crisis began and all through that you had record output of jetliners, so we've got this rather dangerous overcapacity situation."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30