Noriega's lawyers argued that as a serving head of state, he should have been immune from prosecution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

It was the first visit to Iraq ." by a Turkish head of state in 33 years.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Ambassador Rice said she expects a large number, if not all, of the 15 Security Council members to be represented at the head of state or government level.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

All of the other council members were represented by their head of state or government, except for non-permanent member Libya, which sent its U.N.ambassador instead of President Moammar Gadhafi.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Poland's speaker of parliament, Bronislaw Komorowski, became the country's interim head of state Saturday after Polish radio adjusted its regular programming to announce that President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria were among those killed in a plane crash in Western Russia.

VOA: standard.2010.04.10

Last week, Mr.Hawass announced plans to resign from his position as head of the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

at General Eisenhower's headquarters,General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command and of Grand Admiral Doenitz, the designated head of the German state, signed the act of unconditional surrender of all German land,sea and air forces in Europe to the Allied Expeditionary Forces, and simultaneously to the Soviet High Command."

VOA: special.2011.06.16

During a media conference in Tehran over the weekend, the head of Iranian state TV Ezzetollah Darghami said Iran must "work to combat Western propaganda."

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Rick Freedman, head of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Miami, says budget cuts could also wind up costing the state more money.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Mr.Mogae had served 10 years as head-of-state, the maximum allowed by the constitution.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19