Today we tell you about some new understanding of why cutting the main branch of a plant or tree can lead to better development.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Marc Perry is a demographer and chief of the population distribution branch.

VOA: special.2011.03.14

She was one of the families that helped to bring the case to a special branch of federal claims court.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Stuart Levy,a co-founder of Olive Branch D.C., a Washington-based interfaith group bringing together young professional Jews and Muslims.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

For several years,al-Shabab, which follows the ultra-conservative branch of Islam propagated by al-Qaida and the Taliban, has been trying to eradicate Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, which has deep roots in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02