Many people use E-mail,blogs,text messages and social Web sites like Facebook to keep in touch with their friends.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

International students often want to spend their free time with friends from their own country or group.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

They must be able to deal with their husband, children,friends,home and community.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

And that parents who share ideas with their children and talk with them and who've met most of their child's friends are much less likely to have children who become bullies."

VOA: special.2010.05.06

We discussed it all the time." "And most of their friends discussed it with them when they came around.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Residents in the villages closest to the attacks have fled their homes to stay with relatives and friends nearby.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Friends in the entertainment world have expressed their grief, with pop diva Diana Ross calling Jackson's death too sudden and shocking.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Facebook has changed the way many people communicate - letting its millions of users share personal thoughts and images with their network of friends.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23