"The key finding of this meeting is that we have up to one-meter sea-level rise by 2100, based on our new insight of glaciers.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

But for the young who make up most of the population, learning this history has been hard to do - schools have up to now just not taught it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

He had told a friend, "You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

Miss Sullivan climbed with me. It was so cool up in the tree we decided to have lunch there.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

Warmer than average temperatures and lack of snow have been major concerns in the weeks leading up to the games.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Also,some people say they have not gotten enough details of the plan to be able to make up their minds.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

He says up to seventy-five wild Kenyan lions may have died this way during the past five years.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Researchers say babies who are breastfed often grow up to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol as adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

States that approve the new standards have a right to add up to fifteen percent of their own.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

"Wake up old man. I have heard that the moon shower brings good luck to everyone it touches."

VOA: special.2009.02.28

To take part in a card game such as poker, my friend would have to ante up.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

But today when I woke up, I knew I was going to have a bad hair day.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Girls from poor families can miss up to a week of school each month because they do not have enough money for supplies.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

"It is a lesson to many countries to open up and have far more cultural exchange and make that a priority for diplomacy.

VOA: special.2010.06.21