In August,American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised more than seventeen million dollars to fight sexual violence in the D.R.C.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

That was the song "Discoverer." Like many R.E.M.songs, this one is poetic with a meaning that is not always clear.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

Sakena Yacoobi has received many awards, including this year's two hundred fifty thousand dollar Henry R.Kravis Prize in Leadership.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

Other top artists included the country duo Sugarland,R&B singer Mary J.Blige, the nineteen eighties band The Bangles and Mexican-American artist Jenni Rivera.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

The committee report was the first of three planned to deal with the release of the C.R.U.'s private e-mails on the Internet.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

We talked with Jamaica Corker, on her cell phone, at the Population Services International office in the D.R.C.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

She says M.R.Robinson saw an imbalance between recognition of success in sports and of that in the arts.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

The C.R.U.became the object of widespread attention shortly before an international climate conference opened in Denmark last December.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

The report said information requests by scientists not connected with the Climatic Research Unit, the C.R.U.,were continually rejected.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

This concert hall was owned by an organization called the Daughters of the American Revolution, or D.A.R.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

I could see that the word w-a-t-e-r meant something wonderful and cool that flowed over her hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

I put Helen's hand under the cool water and formed the word w-a-t-e-r in her other hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

A list of American colleges and universities that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at edupass.org -- e-d-u-p-a-s-s dot o-r-g.

VOA: special.2009.02.05