Scientists at the University of Tasmania say the urchins are wrecking areas in which many fish and shellfish grow.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

If not,they say, the future of food security, economic development and social stability in dry areas will be put at risk.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis,Tennessee, at a time when the southern city discriminated against blacks in all areas of public life.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

The researchers looked at the connections in two areas of the brain that control language and social behavior.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

People from malaria-free countries who visit areas with high rates of malaria are also very much at risk.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The World Health Organization will not declare an influenza pandemic unless a virus becomes widespread in at least two areas of the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

It permitted them to sit at home and hear what was happening in other areas.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

At the same time, some of the fastest growing jobs are in technical areas.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

And it works at research areas and education centers throughout the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

Pieces of ceramics found at archeological areas help tell about ancient cultures.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

"People from all walks of life, and particularly from rural areas or marginalized communities, can have access to higher education at the most advanced levels, and our program provides that opportunity."

VOA: special.2009.09.24

"Promoting our common goals around education,health care, energy,public safety, and,I think in each of those areas, you actually see on the floor here new innovative ideas to take advantage of this general purposes technology that broadband is, and apply it to provide better services at lower cost in each of these areas."

VOA: special.2010.01.26

But residents in Mogadishu say al-Shabab fighters have been searching vehicles Wednesday at various checkpoints set up in areas under their control.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

In one attack on Tuesday, two suicide bombers hit separate areas at an Islamic university in the capital,Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

At present,there are pockets in areas of Haiti and the U.N.security forces are working with the Haitian national police to address those pockets as they arise.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

They also say that, during questioning, he admitted receiving instruction on weapons and explosives training at an al-Qaida facility in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

Benjamin Hooks was born in 1925 in Memphis,Tennessee - a city,like most in the racially- segregated American South at the time, that discriminated against African-Americans in all areas of public life.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

You'll have to register, but there's no cost. At the website you'll also get a hint about areas to watch for breakthroughs in the coming year, including America's human spaceflight program.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

That's on the clinical end. On the bigger environmental end, our agency is involved in many areas related to obesity prevention that look at increasing access to healthy foods in the community.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

There is a lack of regular running water in several areas, while doctors at the local hospital admit they do not always provide blood to patients that is tested for the HIV virus that causes AIDS.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

"A sense that a step is made to release prisoners, and the government is trying to build some bridges in certain areas, but at the same time, the revolutionary side is given its moment in which Fidel Castro is able to excoriate the United States and to continue to lay out the revolutionary credentials, or Cuba's role as a leader of the Third World."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

I don't want to be an alarmist here." "But the one thing that is very important is that as the ISAF (NATO) forces operate in the areas near the Pakistan border, that the impact on Pakistan be taken into account at all times and that the Pakistani security forces are properly aware of what the military actions are so they can do what is necessary to protect your border,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.04