He was on his way to Pakistan. He was arrested as the plane was about to leave the gate.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

It was a place for people to sing about social injustices as well as what was happening on the streets.

VOA: special.2009.10.14

As the students learn, they think about the kind of medical skills they will need to work as doctors.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

The group invites men as well as women to discussions on the Koran's teachings about the equality of the sexes.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

So I've never felt like a minority because,as you know, minorities are never supposed to say anything unkind about one another."

VOA: special.2010.08.08

He found that mangroves store about three to four times more carbon per hectare as temperate forests or even tropical rainforests.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

In a book about her life, Nina Simone wrote that everything that happened to her as a child involved music.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

He began to draw a cartoon about sea creatures as a way to teach students about underwater life.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

President Obama talked this week about the importance of building exports as a way to create jobs and economic growth at home.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Many of his stories are about a child trying to survive while facing difficult emotions such as fear.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Spacey dance music plays in the background as Haiz tells visitors that they need to learn about advertising.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

She wrote about how she battled her own insecurities to move from a traditional job as homemaker to a position of power.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

However,the cooling of about one and one-half to three degrees Celsius is only about half as strong as a real La Nina.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Still,she says, there is no reason to suggest that the finding about teenage physical activity should not apply to men as well.

VOA: special.2010.07.07