Somalia's years of turmoil has left it with a very limited pool of educated professionals, a pool which has now shrunk even further.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

"We have gone through turmoil. We have gone through civil war, and we have come out stronger, and we will do so once more."

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

"I think he's been viewed as a source of political stability, given the considerable political turmoil that Thailand has experienced over the past few years,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

In a telephone interview, he described the communiqus as a desperate measure used occasionally by the rebels to portray the region as being in turmoil.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Weakness that Ehteshami says might lead Lebanon into another period of political turmoil.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

A resurgent Taliban have been able to extend their influence to larger chunks of the country, which is now facing potential political turmoil following a presidential election tainted by allegations of fraud.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

He also said that under stronger sanctions, the Iranian people would suffer enormously, and he indicated Iranian leaders might want to avoid that as they are facing what he called "a lot more political turmoil" since the recent election.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

"Of course what is important in this turmoil environment is that energy policy and energy common efforts for all Europe are important to avoid a crisis what we do have on the ground and to avoid the possible future crises,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

They are not working in a coordinated fashion, but certainly they have got the message that if they don't do something soon, then the turmoil that we are seeing in Greece could easily spread to other countries and that it will be harder to turn around."

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18