The Earharts lived in a number of places in America's Middle West when the girls were growing up.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

With her pictures in Life magazine, she told a story about America's "Wild West" in the twentieth century.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

"There's a yield potential of maybe four thousand kilos, ten times what the average is in West Africa."

VOA: special.2010.10.19

"As one business student in West Africa put it, 'English is a lifeline.'" And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter.

VOA: special.2011.01.21

So each hour's time difference between the ship and the starting point marks a ship's progress of fifteen degrees of longitude to the east or west.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

As a young man, Grant entered West Point, the nation's school for army officers.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Wafa Abdel Rahman, a woman's activist with the West Bank group Filastiniyat, says Palestinian women also face cultural issues.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

and Netanyahu fears a Palestinian state in the West Bank would lead to a similar situation in Israel's backyard.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

Jewish settlement councils have declared a general strike to protest the Israeli government's freeze on construction in West Bank communities.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Mitchell's schedule on Monday included shuttling to the West Bank town of Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

Communist leader Fidel Castro's overthrow of the Cuban government in 1959 triggered a huge exodus of Cubans to the west Miami neighborhood.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

In France,Mr.Zardari took a swipe at the West's strategy in Afghanistan, telling French media the war against the Taliban is being lost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Mr.Mesic helped discourage nationalism and encouraged a shift to the West with his country's entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

He warned that the West's pressure on Iran and North Korea over their nuclear programs could lead to a full-blown war with both nations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

French President Nicholas Sarkozy urged Mr.Assad, during a conference in France last July, to use his influence to help resolve Iran's nuclear standoff with the West.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The United States has demanded a complete freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank and disputed East Jerusalem, and Israel's refusal has strained ties between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

West Africa's mangrove forests absorb thousands of tons of carbon dioxide, and could be a way for the region to get a foothold in the $136-billion carbon world market.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

He says it is more a sign that it's taking the military option seriously, now that negotiations with the West appear to be faltering: "There's nothing new about this rocket that should worry the West,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

The Economic Community of West African States says Guinea's military government should immediately put in place a new transitional authority leading to credible elections in early 2010 that does not include any members of the military council or its prime minister.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

So from that point of view I would give him a good score,". The Israeli public is divided on the settlement issue: The poll showed that 46 percent of respondents support continuing construction in the West Bank even if it means a confrontation with the U.S.- 44 percent were opposed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Smith says American academicians and journalists often cite a list of root causes for Middle East turmoil, in which the U.S., the West and Israel usually play a big part: a history of colonialism and economic exploitation, the creation of Israel and American support for the Jewish state, the politics of oil, Western backing of repressive Arab regimes and the U.S.military presence in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18