Before the disaster, it suffered from high death rates among babies and high rates of H.I.V./AIDS,hepatitis and other communicable diseases.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

From this day, you are no longer a captive among our people, but a leader and great warrior among us.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

The report says international law has failed to protect coral reefs and the tropical fish that live among them from collectors.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

"Main Street," from nineteen twenty, tells about the conflict and cooperation among people in a small town and the rural community around it.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

"We have good partnerships among the countries within each agro-eco system so that through this twinning they can learn lessons from each other and work together effectively through time."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Among them was Wayne Morse, a Democrat from Oregon.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

All became hits. This made Justin Bieber the only artist in the history of Billboard magazine to have four singles from his first album among the most popular songs before the albums release.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

The case has generated concern among India's security establishment, still reeling from the large terror attack on Mumbai 11 months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Among the flower arrangements is an expression of sympathy with the Kyrgyz people from the Talas Gold Mining Company.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Among the festival's most popular attractions are its local acts, arriving from one end of Louisiana to the other.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Leading in opinion polls among the presidential candidates is George Ivanov from the ruling conservative VMRO-DPMNE party of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Just eight days after a massive earthquake crushed Haiti, another one hit, instilling fresh fears among Haitians still reeling from the first.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

The latest quarrel among Australia, New Zealand and Fiji is over a group of expatriate judges from Sri Lanka that Fiji wants to recruit.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Alice,a tourist from France, says she notices the difference in atmosphere among the people.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Al-Rabeeah said five pilgrims had died from swine flu, among 73 reported cases.

VOA: standard.2009.11.29

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

The head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, says impressive progress has been made in areas such as treatment for HIV/AIDS, in the large number of lives saved among children under five and in significant cuts in deaths from malaria and measles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

To underscore the priority the administration puts on the issue, Clinton made the release of the report a major event that included bipartisan Congressional leaders and activists from Albania and Costa Rica who were among nine people from around the world saluted in the report as anti-trafficking heroes.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16