It was nicknamed Swine Flu, although a few months later public health experts began calling it by its proper name: H1N1.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Although Fauquier Hospital is non-profit, it relies on earnings over and above operating costs to maintain its facilities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Although Israel says the blockade is essential for its national security, scenes like this have some in Israel questioning whether the closure has worked.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Even the Communist Party still commands as much as although most people doubt that the Czech Republic will ever return to its autocratic past.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Although a major oil producer, Iran must import most of its gasoline because of a lack of refining capacity, creating what U.S.lawmakers have long seen as a crucial point of leverage with Tehran over its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Although we run it on a laptop so that we can monitor its operation, the algorithm itself doesn't require a lot of computer power and could easily be run from a chip that has the capabilities of one that's already in insulin pumps or in cell phones."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15