Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke says the large amounts being paid are part of the reason for the rise in hijackings.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

Every year,moist air masses known as monsoon produce large amounts of rainfall in India,East Asia, northern Australia and East Africa.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Huge amounts of water ran into a low area in the dry, waterless desert that had once been an ancient lake.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

But all the structures remained standing thanks in large part to the large amounts of duct tape used by the students.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

Chocolate makers have their own special recipes in which they combine chocolate liquor with exact amounts of sugar, milk and cocoa fat.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Most countries in Africa,he says, are selling fishing rights to industrialized nations which catch large amounts of seafood.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

Between nineteen-oh-five and nineteen-oh-seven, the Colorado River caused great amounts of flooding in parts of Arizona and California.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The glacier left huge amounts of soil and rocks in what scientists call the Valley Heads Moraine.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

He did not invent jeans. But he is considered the first person to manufacture and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

He became very wealthy. When he was not working, he was in a local hotel playing card games for large amounts of money.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

That was when mines in the western United States began to produce large amounts of silver.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Foreign fishing ships began illegally catching huge amounts of high-value tuna and shrimp in Somali waters.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Usually the treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning involves breathing in large amounts of oxygen.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

Farmers organized cooperatives to buy equipment and supplies in large amounts directly from factories.

VOA: special.2010.04.15