Before the disaster, it suffered from high death rates among babies and high rates of H.I.V./AIDS,hepatitis and other communicable diseases.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Among other things, it calls on the secretary-general to appoint a special representative to lead efforts to end sexual violence.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

What may be more important to most Americans than religion among their fellow citizens is a government free of it.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

But it also represents the result of higher birth rates among Hispanics in the United States compared to the general population.

VOA: special.2011.03.14

It said it was illegal for a trust or any other organization to interfere with interstate commerce -- trade among the states.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

"It was great. It was funny. There's action in it. Drama." "Now how would you rate it among the summer movies you've seen?"

VOA: special.2010.06.14

It started among farmers and led to the creation of a new political party -- the Populists.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

"Main Street," from nineteen twenty, tells about the conflict and cooperation among people in a small town and the rural community around it.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

It is part of an agreement among IBM, Columbia University Medical Center in New York City and the University of Maryland's School of Medicine.

VOA: special.2011.02.28

The law said it was illegal for businesses to interfere with trade among the states.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Among other things,it will extend health insurance coverage to thirty-two million Americans now without it.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Among them were jazz musician Diana Krall, who sang "Blame It On the Sun."

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Whatever the force, it was among the strongest earthquakes many people could remember.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

It is currently the most common surgical operation among women of reproductive age.

VOA: special.2009.11.24