just before it dies. The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates talked of this two thousand three hundred years ago.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

"The mainstream media does not usually cover poverty or homelessness too much, unless someone dies or there's a big rally or something."

VOA: special.2011.02.25

It is as if their brain dies before the other parts of the body.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

American families have several decisions to make when a loved one dies.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Sometimes a language disappears immediately when the last person speaking it dies.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The pig dies quickly, and the cat begins to eat.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Here Nicholas Godfrey reads his winning poem "When Simplicity Dies."

VOA: special.2010.04.05

In west and central Africa, one newborn in twenty dies.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Their mother,an Indian nurse at the hospital,dies in childbirth.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

A Save the Children Fund report shows that one in seven Nigerian women dies during childbirth.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Pregnant women and children are the most vulnerable to the disease, and it is estimated that every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"Every 30 minutes one woman in Afghanistan dies from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

And every minute and a half, another mother dies giving birth somewhere in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

The World Health Organization says a woman dies every eight minutes from an unsafe abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24