"How it is impacting Pakistan and especially in the areas of drug trafficking, in the areas of corruption that exist in Afghanistan which have given power to a lot of warlords which make Afghanistan in a state of perpetual instability."

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02