If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

Kvit told VOA the recent destruction of books in Ukraine is not so much a tragedy, as it is a farce.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

And that involves the intentional destruction of a group in whole or in part for religious,ethnic or racial reasons.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

But Dwayat, struck with grief and anger, says the destruction of his son's home has sparked not fear, but rage in him.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Marysville became a symbol for the destruction of the Feb.7 bushfires, a once vibrant community reduced to dust.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

But the West is not responsible for the destruction of the Zimbabwean economy over the last decade,or wars in which children are enlisted as combatants,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

These genes are involved in a number of inherited metabolic disorders, including Tay Sachs, a rare,incurable and usually fatal disease that causes the destruction of nerve cells in young children.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

For Mr.Abbas' political allies and for the Israelis, there is concern that elections held now might mean gains for the militant Islamist Hamas faction, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Russians were awoken to the threat posed by the destruction of a hydroelectric plant last year, when a major accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam in Siberia threatened the lives of millions of people downstream.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Does it need refinement in some way?" "And if it does need some adjustment in light of the events that have taken place over the last number of months, including the election and so on, and then what are the implications of that in terms of General McChrystal's resource request?" The secretary said the United States will not abandon its core mission in Afghanistan, which President Obama described as the destruction of the al-Qaida terrorist network, because it is "critical" to U.S.national security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Investigators blamed the destruction on the poor quality of many buildings and a lack of earthquake-resistant structures.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

But it,too,had suffered. Much of the death and destruction was the result of new military technology.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

Another disappointment, he said, was not finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

It held the seeds of its own destruction.

VOA: special.2010.01.03