In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

The Richelieu joins the Saint Lawrence River which feeds into the Atlantic Ocean at the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Now the White House says there will be no additional drilling while the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is investigated.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The BP company pumped heavy drilling fluids,known as mud, into the top of its damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

A new study says women's rights have gained some ground in Arab Gulf states since a similar study completed five years ago.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The container ship,Maersk Alabama, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden to the port of Mombasa,Kenya, on the east coast of Africa.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

The system was designed to especially protect the nation's Atlantic Ocean coast and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

And BP's chairman told Sky News that Tony Hayward will no longer be supervising the daily operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

President Obama also spoke about the difficult time people in the Gulf area were going through as a result of the oil spill.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

Oil has been flowing from its damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico for almost seven weeks.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Nitrogen runoffs from farms can create large dead zones, like those in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

American officials have suspended all fishing in parts of the Gulf of Mexico for at least ten days because of the huge oil spill.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

As the river flowed past Vicksburg, it turned in sharply at the base of the cliff and then continued on to the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

The restrictions will give scientists time to study the effects on seafood in the gulf.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

It also includes veterans of the Persian Gulf War and conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.11.05

But already this year, pirates have carried out more than eighty-four attacks in the waters of the Gulf of Aden and off the Somali coast.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Now,American states along the Gulf of Mexico are fearing a different kind of environmental disaster.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The organization says the waters off the coast of Somalia, including the Gulf of Aden, are the most dangerous in the world for international shipping.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

However,most of New Orleans and its people are still struggling to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of two thousand five.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Bad weather has interfered with efforts to send out boats to clean up the oil and watch for the effects on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

This past weekend the first family visited the Florida Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2010.08.16

Many Gulf residents have criticized the president's performance in the crisis.

VOA: special.2010.06.19

Recovery efforts will continue. But Jane Lubchenco, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says most of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is now gone.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Areas of the Gulf have been closed to fishing.

VOA: special.2010.06.04