Former president Bill Clinton said it was as if somehow school boards "could legislate differences in algebra or math or reading."

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Counterfeit medications are also a problem in the Middle East and in many countries of the former Soviet Union.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

"As a former prosecutor, commercial litigator, district court judge and appellate judge, she certainly brings a wealth of unique experience."

VOA: special.2009.07.18

It includes both Liberty Island, where the statue stands, and nearby Ellis Island, the former federal immigration processing center.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

The case later grew to include over one and a half million women who were current and former Wal-Mart workers.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

have not committed any crime." The country's former president, Thabo Mbeki,was known for the unaggressive way his government dealt with AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Opponents of the treaty included former President Cleveland, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, labor leader Samuel Gompers, writer Mark Twain,and others.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

The former president's policy on the right to attack possible threats came after the terrorist attacks in two thousand one.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

The Union military commander for Ohio was General Ambrose Burnside, a former commander of the Army of the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

It carried the man who became the first human to step on the moon, Neil Armstrong, a former X-15 pilot.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

John Glenn, the former astronaut who was then a senator from Ohio, put it this way: "I know the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

And Morgan Freeman is nominated for his role as former South African president Nelson Mandela in the film "Invictus."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

The former football star was accused of killing his ex-wife and a male friend of hers in Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

Iran's Guardian Council also approved the candidacy of President Ahmadinejad and Mohsen Rezai, former head of the Revolutionary Guards.

VOA: special.2009.05.23