Those estimates put the country behind western Europe as well as countries like Albania, Chile and Tunisia.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The disease is found in more than one hundred countries in Africa,Asia, the western Pacific Ocean, the Middle East and Central and South America.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

NATO first brought together the countries of Western Europe with Canada and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

It tells about the exchange of goods and people between China and western countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

"Vaccination,which we tend to take for granted in countries like the United States or in Western Europe, in fact a lot of us don't even know which diseases we've been vaccinated against.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

India is Asia's third largest economy, and it was less affected by the global financial crisis compared to Western countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Polio is no longer a concern in Western countries because of mass inoculations starting in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The United States and other Western Hemisphere countries have refused to recognize the Honduran interim government.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

He has criticized what he sees as the excessive American penchant for foreign military intervention and over-ambitious efforts to re-make other countries as western-style democracies.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Many Western countries initially hailed the election as a victory for the democratic process.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Later,he told reporters that the debate in Western countries regarding engagement in Afghanistan should be reason for concern for both the current and future Afghan governments.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The number of visits from Western European countries is expected to remain stagnant.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Kites was the first big-budget effort by the Hindi film industry to make a movie which would appeal to mainstream audiences in India and in Western countries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

We need to get better at launching ideas." The challenge is convincing the people in member countries, particularly in Western Europe, that what NATO does is important for their future.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

Of the 183 countries voting, Myanmar's ambassador,Than Swe, said if western countries are truly concerned about human rights in his country or any other they should adopt a cooperative approach, instead of a resolution that he called "out of step with the times we live in."

VOA: standard.2009.11.20