Thailand led the region into the financial crisis of 1997, when fears about the banks and foreign debt led to a collapse of the baht.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Ghiyath Nakshbendi of American University in Washington notes that the problems are linked to a worldwide collapse in real estate prices.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Asteroids are the rocky remains from the collapse of a solar nebula.

VOA: special.2011.06.22

The American housing collapse was a major cause of the recession.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom, with bold action and out-of-the-box thinking that has helped put the brakes on our economic freefall."

VOA: special.2009.08.28

To avert an economic collapse, the administration moved forward with a controversial plan to bail out banks deemed too big to fail.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Some say the award this year also represents a nod to the collapse in Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"Ben approached a financial system on the verge of collapse with calm and wisdom;

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

In November,11,000 jobs were lost. Mr.Obama says his $787 billion stimulus plan prevented a possible collapse of the financial system or a potential second Great Depression.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

"The collapse of Soviet communism . was a process of erosion .

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

World leaders and dignitaries have gathered to join in the 20th anniversary celebrations, which include open air concerts, fireworks,and the symbolic collapse of a wall of brightly painted oversize dominoes.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The counterterrorism operation in Chechnya was instituted in 1999, when Russia sent troops for the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union to put down a local separatist movement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

At a similar gathering last year, members of the so-called G20 set of advanced economies agreed on emergency spending to stem a global crisis brought on by the collapse of U.S.investment bank Lehman Brothers in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

With a fledgling recovery gaining strength, it is easy to forget how close major industrialized nations came to economic collapse less than two years ago, an outcome that almost surely would have triggered a worldwide depression rivaling the Great Depression of the 1930s.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21