Daw experienced racist taunts on his journey to the elite ranks of the AFL, but he says they only hardened his resolve.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

He said the E.U.has nothing to fear and much to gain by adding Turkey to its ranks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Kasambala says such allegations eroded popular support for the Somali government, while boosting the ranks of insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

It ranks 158 on the 180-nation list of most corrupt countries, as judged by Transparency International.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

In his new book, "The 5-Factor World Diet", he ranks the world's top 10 healthiest nations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The conflicts weigh on President Obama as he prepares to join the ranks of Nobel Peace Prize recipients men and women like Nelson Mandela;

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

They face harrassment at almost every level," The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists ranks Russia as the third most dangerous country to work.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Liberia ranks 138 on the 180-nation corruption index established by the good-governance group Transparency International.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Military observers say Mr.Medvedev's rearmament program is designed in part to offset dissatisfaction in the ranks with a Kremlin plan to downsize Russia's armed forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

To help determine what a country's brand value is, Anholt created the Nation Brands Index, a survey that ranks 50 countries on how they are perceived overseas.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

This new study combined a large number of previous studies and concluded that a lack of social interactions ranks right up with smoking,obesity, and alcoholism as a risk factor for death.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But in terms of this congressional election year, public opinion polls show that the war in Afghanistan still ranks well below the economy and jobs as a top issue for U.S.voters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The war weighs on President Obama as he joins the distinguished ranks of Nobel Peace Prize recipients men and women such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King,Jr., and Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Among them is former Vice President Dick Cheney, who recently told the CBS program Face the Nation that he is under the impression that Powell left the Republican ranks during last year's presidential campaign.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

Growing unemployment poses bigger challenge provide a further challenge to the Thai Government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, The growing ranks of the unemployed which came to power in December of last year.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

The guerrilla group led by international fugitive Joseph Kony is perhaps best known for its tactic of abducting children to replenish its ranks and for its leader's mysterious claims to being a prophet of God.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

He says,in the last six or seven years, the number of jihadi groups has expanded so greatly that it is taking a while to find out who these people are and how many fighters have joined their ranks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30