"If we are asked to bear the burden, we should also be given the chance to engage effective dialogue with Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The bear he says brings that message home. "It gives people an opportunity to connect with literally the processes that are going on up on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole which is melting,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

A recent progress report on HIV/AIDS says Botswana is one of the nine Southern African countries that continue to bear the global burden of HIV/AIDS, with each country having an adult prevalence of more than 10 percent. The government's national AIDS control program has boosted testing,prevention and treatment efforts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10