He said the injured are being moved by sea and urged doctors, nurses and volunteers to goto the stricken area to provide assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

"We do not need to be importing a massive poverty stricken, poorly educated welfare class."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Many in these stricken villages say their roots are here and in spite of the disaster, they are deeply tied to the land and people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

He has said he would visit the stricken area after Easter Sunday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

"The delivery of capability here in Haiti is a balancing act that requires troops on the ground to distribute humanitarian assistance, the supplies for them to distribute and the mobility necessary for them to be able to reach the communities that are most stricken,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

But the credibility of government officials was dented this week when journalists from Saratov, one of Russia's most severely drought stricken regions, recognized their governor in a You Tube video of Russians detained on July 9th on a yacht near Sicily.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Having a disability, people still look at you weird, but it's like, 'Alright.He's got a disability, but it's kind of okay now.'" Life for people with disabilities has improved greatly since Bobbi Wailes was stricken with polio as a 12-year-old, before the vaccine became available in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27