Many observers say those policies have contributed to creating an impoverished, undereducated and isolated population.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

When they come over here they may be isolated from their support network of family and friends.

VOA: special.2011.02.14

Security forces were present along the route, and there are reports of isolated fighting between some of the police and protesters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.22

"This experiment is unique because six people will be isolated for a long period of time and will work autonomously."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Passing through the Navajo Nation, one sees tiny,isolated cabins and a few traditional hogans, which are log-and mud structures whose doorways face the morning sun.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

Both countries were isolated regionally and at that time shared common foes, Syria in particular.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The structures, which included houses and mountain cabins, were mostly in isolated canyons.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

You need to know the type of assistance that they receive, The study indicates HIV/AIDS caregivers "experience poverty, are socially isolated,endure stigma and psychological stress and lack basic care-giving education."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

The same officials reported major progress in U.N.consultations on North Korean firms and individuals to be sanctioned under Resolution 1874, saying Pyongyang's recent behavior has left it almost completely isolated in the world community.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"We took isolated skin biopsies from laboratory mice, exposed those isolated skin biopsies to temperatures of 43 degrees or 48 degrees, and then we looked at what was being released from the skin under those conditions."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

In an audio tape released last week, the spiritual leader of radical Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, himself from Somaliland, ridiculed the breakaway region's continued attempt at democracy and independent statehood, saying that despite its nearly two-decade quest the region remains isolated and politically divided.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07