But when we come to where the large significant populations are, which is the Congo basin, then we find that it's the bush meat trade that's the commercial hunting of wild animals for food.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Law enforcement officials say they are keeping him busy with interrogations - and that he's giving them significant information.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"It is a pretty significant earthquake,". "Given the size and location, we are anticipating some significant damage from the region."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

There has to be some significant reform of the system,". The budget problems are not unique to Miami.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"There are very significant capabilities that Dow has that they are bringing to bear in this process,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

There are still significant details and disagreements to be worked out in the coming weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"Given the size and location, we are anticipating some significant damage from the region."

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Although many so-called "new" artists are veteran performers, the rules stipulate they may be considered if they achieved a significant breakthrough during the current eligibility period.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Patients undergoing long-term elective surgeries are advised to donate their own blood, a practice Dr.Mwanda says accounts for a significant percentage of the hospital's surgery blood supply.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Though high rates of infection are still plaguing countries like Nigeria, other countries including Senegal, Gambia and Rwanda have seen significant progress thanks to awareness campaigns and improved treatment.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

Declarations,commitments and speeches don't feed hungry people, He says the scale of the challenge is significant. There are more than one billion poor and hungry people in the world today.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Bigger livestock herds are putting greater pressure on land resources and disrupting some ecosystems and the animals generate significant amounts of water and air pollution, including methane, a climate-changing greenhouse gas.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I think there are a significant number of people in the country who have, and I don't know the exact percentages, that have questions about deepening our military involvement in Afghanistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"I think that,because it looks like the top four parties are going to be relatively close to one another, it is going to require a significant amount of political maneuvering, brokering deals, a lot of horse-trading behind closed doors to form a government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

"And when people have fears, they are not going to buy and so there's going to be a significant pullback of consumer confidence, pullback of consumer trust in their products, which is going to reach all the way down into their sales,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

U.N.Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy says during the past year, a significant number of child soldiers were released by the National Liberation Forces in Burundi and more children are to be released in the Central African Republic and the Philippines as a result of active intervention by the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16