Seventy-one bird species have disappeared forever since people first arrived on the Hawaiian Islands one thousand seven hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

She says many people wonder how the country's history would have been different if one gunshot on one evening had not happened.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

They have roots that stand in saltwater and look like cablesor ropes laid one on top of another.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

Some festivals, like the one in Adelaide,Australia, are very large and have been going on for many years.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Later,one of them wrote this report: "I have seen many pictures of the charge on San Juan Hill.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Almost one hundred seventy countries have signed a treaty called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

"One of the challenges we have is to make the Web a lot easier to use even on the simplest and least expensive mobile phones."

VOA: special.2010.11.08

Doug and Tina Suhr have more than one hundred milking cows on their family farm.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

In the last two years, more than one hundred forty countries have signed a United Nations treaty, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

VOA: special.2009.08.15

One researcher found that extreme cold can have a damaging effect on the mind.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Sales have been number one on Billboard magazine's top two hundred albums chart.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

At one time, poplar trees must have grown on Poplar Island.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

You've hit on the very idea. I wanted to spend the money on one thing, because I have to turn in a report for it, and I hate itemizing."

VOA: special.2011.08.13

He says it is true that such crops can have higher output with less cost,but added: No one knows the consequences that will have on soil fertility and the human body.

VOA: special.2010.05.18