Before the disaster, it suffered from high death rates among babies and high rates of H.I.V./AIDS,hepatitis and other communicable diseases.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

You can walk among the large rocks known as Bear Rocks and pick blueberries and huckleberries from low-growing bushes.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Among the many visitors, Tonya Johnson came to the exhibit with young children from the Shabach Christian Academy in Landover,Maryland.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

From this day, you are no longer a captive among our people, but a leader and great warrior among us.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

The report says international law has failed to protect coral reefs and the tropical fish that live among them from collectors.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Among those expected from President Obama's new administration is Lawrence Summers, the director of the National Economic Council.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

Some scientists now believe that tension headaches may result from changes among brain chemicals such as serotonin.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

Among other things, they say he sought to profit from his duty to appoint a United States senator to complete Barack Obama's term.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

"Main Street," from nineteen twenty, tells about the conflict and cooperation among people in a small town and the rural community around it.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Among the best alternative music album nominees is "Brothers," from the group the Black Keys.

VOA: special.2010.12.10

United States Senator Robert Menendez from New Jersey is among the honorees.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

"We have good partnerships among the countries within each agro-eco system so that through this twinning they can learn lessons from each other and work together effectively through time."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Among them was Wayne Morse, a Democrat from Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

All became hits. This made Justin Bieber the only artist in the history of Billboard magazine to have four singles from his first album among the most popular songs before the albums release.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

The case has generated concern among India's security establishment, still reeling from the large terror attack on Mumbai 11 months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Among the flower arrangements is an expression of sympathy with the Kyrgyz people from the Talas Gold Mining Company.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And just as at the regular Olympics, communication among participants from different countries can be an issue at the games.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Among them was Retired Air Force General Michael Hayden, who held the post from 2006 until early this year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Among the festival's most popular attractions are its local acts, arriving from one end of Louisiana to the other.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Leading in opinion polls among the presidential candidates is George Ivanov from the ruling conservative VMRO-DPMNE party of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22