The United States National Institutes of Health says autoimmune diseases affect an estimated five to eight percent of the country's population.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

He fled with his mother on the last public flight out of the country before the overthrow of the government.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

Country music star Taylor Swift announced she is giving five hundred thousand dollars to help victims of the flooding.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Anderson told Faulknerto develop his own way of writing, and to use material from his own part of the country.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

A report this year from the EF Education First company listed Spain is a "low proficiency" country in English.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

The group's recent "State of the Air" report said Pittsburgh has the worst short-term fine particle pollution in the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

President Obama on Friday praised the millions of Afghans who took part in their country's presidential and provincial elections.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

It is in Bloomington,Minnesota, in the north-central part of the country near the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Police could have to take action if they have a "reasonable suspicion" that someone is in the country illegally.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

But Alan also collected recordings himself in other parts of the country New England, New York and the Midwest.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

Over the years, he wrote songs that were often different from the traditional country music coming out of Nashville,Tennessee.

VOA: special.2010.12.06

The White House was the largest house in the country until after the Civil War in the eighteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Butler lost by just two points to Duke, which for years has had one of the country's most successful basketball programs.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

But Afghanistan fell three places to just above Somalia, meaning Afghanistan is seen as the second most corrupt country.

VOA: special.2009.11.28