"By going to phase six, what this would mean is that the spread of the virus is continued and that activity has become established in at least two regions of the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Local education authorities say rates of early marriage and pregnancy among girls aged 10-18 in Senegal's southern regions are alarming.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Thursday's incident took place in waters west of the Korean peninsula one of the tensest maritime regions in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Pro-Russian forces also resent Mr.Yushchenko's campaign to teach the Ukrainian language to schoolchildren in Russian-speaking regions of the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

"A lot of these regions, being a coastal province, we have some of the world's best shellfish and fishing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"In large parts of southern Asia, central Africa, these regions are likely to have the warmest year on record,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The non-governmental organization Food Security Policy Advocacy Network studied the impact of multinational jatropha production in the Volta, Eastern,Central,and Ashanti regions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

The World Health Organization is calling for the recruitment, training and funding of at least 330-thousand new midwives in these regions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Nyguen moved here in the 1980s like many fellow Vietnamese from the fishing regions of the Mekong Delta.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

A study released this month revealed alarming rates of violence against girls aged 10-18 in Senegal's southern regions of Ziguinchor,Kolda and Sdhiou.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

A return to profitable healthy fishing can lead people out of piracy in the central and north regions,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The prime minister was referring to the growing influence of armed Maoist rebels in poor and underdeveloped regions inhabited by tribal groups.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But development has been unevenly spread in the country, and the boom has bypassed many of the country's poorer and underdeveloped regions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The IMF expects growth to accelerate in the poorest regions in Africa as the global recession eases.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21