Many died of disease. After more than a month of digging, engineers decided that the canal would not work.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

In February he returned to the United States without his family after a five-month visit to Pakistan.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

Water regularly during the first month. After that, parsley does not need very much water.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

Just ten month after learning she had cancer she coached the United States women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in Seoul,Korea in nineteen eighty-eight.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

The British government watched and worried as the war continued month after month.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Such items are prohibited under the latest United Nations Security Council resolution passed after North Korea's nuclear test last month.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

Mr.Orban,who was also prime minister between 1998 and 2002, took the oath Saturday after ousting the Socialist party in elections last month.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Shortly after the ICC warrant was issued earlier this month, Eritrea invited President Bashir to the country in a show of solidarity.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

A Thai blogger this month received a royal pardon after serving one year in jail for posting photos deemed offensive on the Internet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Retired Admiral Dennis Blair resigned last month after a series of conflicts with the White House.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

Their release was announced soon after the United States deported 10 suspected Russian agents detained last month and sentenced in a New York court.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

President Obama says he is angry and frustrated by oil executives' response to the catastrophic spill, after a BP oil rig blew up last month off the Louisiana coast.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The siege comes less than a month after some 12 gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team in nearby downtown Lahore, killing several police and wounding some players and a coach.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Congolese security forces detained Golden Misabiko last month in the southern city of Lubumbashi after the human rights activist published a report questioning the government's deal with the French nuclear power firm Areva.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

Australia's defenses against the outbreak of the H1N1 virus will be boosted when mass flu vaccinations start next month after officials fast-tracked a scheme capable of covering it's entire population of 21 million people.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Mr.Netanyahu has been a strong supporter of Jewish settlement in all of the biblical land of Israel, but he imposed the construction freeze last month after urging from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The president will attempt to regain the initiative in the battle for health care reform after losing ground last month in public opinion polls and in some angry town hall forums where his plan was heavily criticized.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

But the basic implication is that if the past repeats itself, if one could replicate the past, the implication is as follows: Those seeking to gain fast profits, they should try and profit from the fast, buying shares prior to the start of Ramadan and selling them at the end of the Holy Month or,preferably, immediately after Eid al-Fitr, where our results begin to decline.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05