It was a terrible slum -- as such places are called -- where too many are crowded together, where the houses and streets are dirty and full of rats.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

Nine thousand people are crowded the camp on the grounds of a damaged school.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

But there are not enough public schools for all the children who live in the crowded slums of Nairobi.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

It is so crowded that we are packed like sardines - just like small fish in a can.

VOA: special.2011.02.27

"The stores are very crowded. And I'm glad I'm finished shopping."

VOA: special.2009.12.21

The final stages of the fighting displaced nearly a quarter of a million Tamils, who are housed in crowded camps in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

But,in the meantime, people are beginning to drift back into Port-au-Prince, amid concerns that the opportunity to rebuild a less crowded capital and boost the rural economy may be fading.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16