This latest disaster is likely to get worse. Authorities say here are still dozens missing and being rescued from what is left of their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

President Obama says he expects the nation's jobless rate, which is the highest it has been in 26 years, to get still worse before it gets better.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

It is still worse among nations. Ambassador Neumann, who has just published a memoir of his tenure in Afghanistan, says there are different kinds of corruption and that at least some lower level corruption is to be expected.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17