But a local group came to his aid. The Arlington Street People's Assistance Network is also known as A-SPAN.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

The group teaches local communities how to manage their resources in ways that help them economically and protect the environment.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

That makes it at least equal in size to the largest galaxy in our local group, the Andromeda Galaxy.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

They have also sent thousands of troops to Arhab and other areas to battle the local al-Qaida group.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

Sixteen-year-old violinist Nicholas Black joined after he read a story about the group in a local newspaper.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Mr. Reid said: "No longer will we think of the Milky Way as the little sister of the Andromeda Galaxy in our Local Group family."

VOA: special.2009.01.20

A local group created the Tournament of Roses festival in Pasadena in eighteen ninety.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

This art shows the local needs and materials of a group of people.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Members of a local conservation group, Watamu Turtle Watch, have been observing the nest for a couple of days.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

Pakistani police say the men were detained during a raid on the home of a local leader of the banned militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad, in Pakistan's Punjab province.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

The Italian aid group Emergency has had a tense relationship with local authorities in violence-wracked Helmand province, due in part to its policy of treating all patients.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Authorities predicted the actions would weaken the local off-shoot of the terror network, arguing that support for the group had waned and replacing the leadership would be difficult.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

And Hooks' older sister was secretary of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (or NAACP), the national civil rights group he would one day lead.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Nipa Waya joined the local defense group.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31