Jeff Chelsky, a World Bank senior economist,says investors are avoiding higher risk debt in a flight to quality.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Experts say forty percent of cancers could be prevented by avoiding health risks like smoking and tobacco use.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Doctors also suggest avoiding tanning salons and U-V tanning beds to prevent skin cancer.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

"Shipping noise falls across the same frequencies that these animals use for all their vital behaviors - for feeding,for finding mates, for avoiding predators and for navigating."

VOA: special.2011.06.29

He says the army has been trying very hard to use measures to end the protest while avoiding any losses.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Mullen also said he was impressed by how quickly the new directive on avoiding civilian casualties has been adopted by U.S.troops at all levels.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

With the sensor, patients have a 30 percent chance of avoiding hospitalization.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

With the three parties running so close, each candidate will be hoping to distinguish himself as a clear leader, in the hope of pulling ahead and avoiding a hung parliament - where no one party wins a majority of seats.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

because in disasters such as this, the first hours and days are absolutely critical in saving lives and avoiding greater tragedy, I have directed my team to be as forward leaning as possible in getting the help on the ground and coordinating with our international partners as well,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.13