Attrition rates had been high, likely because police have been threatened and killed by insurgents, especially in the south around Kandahar, the Taliban heartland.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Farmers lack enough inputs to maintain soil fertility is parts of many developing countries, especially in Africa south of the Sahara.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Transport in the South was especially hard hit.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

He also notes that eight years after the U.S.-led invasion into Afghanistan, the Taliban is still strong, especially in the country's south.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Nobody got paid. In Andalusia in the south of Spain especially you can see the results of this."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Voter turnout was lower than expected, especially in the troubled south, in part because of Taliban threats to disrupt the balloting and retaliate against voters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Not only are the laws unconstitutional, Ayala asserts, but creationism - especially widespread in the American South among evangelical Christians - is contrary to Christian tradition.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Opponents say the deal with make it easy for the far larger U.S.economy to overwhelm entire sectors of the South Korean economy, especially in the culturally sensitive agriculture sector.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22