They persist because of the country's high rate of violent crime, as expressed by this Johannesburg resident who did not want to be identified.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

Opposition leaders have accepted the results. Botswana has enjoyed a high rate of economic growth and a per capita income of nearly $14,000 a year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Novy-Hildesley explains, the doctor faced a high rate of infant mortality in the clinic.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

This can be especially appealing considering the present high unemployment rate and the rising costs of attending college.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

The rate is as high as eighty percent among women in the territory of American Samoa.

VOA: special.2010.08.23

A new book about America's public universities explores the complex causes of the high dropout rate.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

Some critics partly blame the crisis on Americans' low savings rate and high personal debt.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

However,Mister Rojas said the rate of deforestation is still very high in many areas.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Mister Rehm said the high death rate is even more surprising because the large majority of adults around the world do not drink alcohol at all.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The unemployment rate reached a twenty-six year high in October.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

Aside from the high jobless rate, Mr.Obama credits his $787 billion economic stimulus plan with the recent improvement in the nation's economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie says many Americans blame Mr.Obama for the high jobless rate.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

Concerns over security have been especially hard to dispel due to the country's high crime rate.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Journal editor Catherine DeAngelis says another article describes the high success rate of tumor control for a new form of radiation for inoperable lung cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

As analysts expected, China's yuan exchange rate increased and on Monday hit a 5-year high.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

That's compared to a prosecution rate in the high 90s in the U.S.,he says.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"There is a lot of corruption going on. The unemployment rate is too high.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The high U.S.unemployment rate, a resurgent Republican opposition and President Obama's shrinking approval ratings are making Democrats nervous as they face the November elections for Congress and governors.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

Co-author Andresse St.Rose says, for example,while girls earn high school math credits at the same rate as boys, the myth that girls aren't good at math is persistent and powerful.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

This high prevalence rate has fueled the tuberculosis epidemic.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

Would South Africa's high crime rate scare people away?

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Is it little wonder that job growth is lagging in our economy?" The president says he is not surprised that Americans are angry that the jobless rate remains high, and that this has hurt his approval rating, which stands at about 50 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

"He is at 50 or below in most surveys, and that is mainly because of the economy, which continues to be stubbornly weak, the unemployment rate is very high and still in double-digits, and as a consequence Obama does not have much margin for error,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.06