Peter Pham, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies at James Madison University, says conditions in Somalia threaten security and stability of the Horn of Africa: "Even without toppling the TFG, al-Shabaab has already achieved a major objective by securing a territorial base from which like-minded militants and terrorists can carry out attacks elsewhere, especially against targets in the Arabian Peninsula as well as participating in the current violence against Somalis,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Also prune branches growing toward the ground, high branches growing straight up and shoots growing from the base of the tree.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

When that war ended, he was sent to an army base far from his wife and children.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

If I say I want to touch base with you, I will talk to you from time to time about something we plan to do.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

The Statue of Liberty is forty-six meters tall from its base.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Listeners on Earth heard the countdown from Tranquility Base: "Three,two,one .

VOA: special.2009.07.15

From the greenhouse, these orchids are carefully transported to the Botanic Garden, at the base of the U.S.Capitol.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

The tiny silicon wires stick up from the base,or substrate, looking something like a microscopic hair brush.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

Pressure from the president's liberal Democratic base is likely to have an impact on that decision, says former assistant secretary of state Teresita Schaffer.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Officials from the team from the United Arab Emirates have been emphatic in voicing their concerns in particular about the facilities in their base city,Kano.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

From its base in Portland,Oregon, the organization also builds links between Americans and partners in the developing world who are using technology to solve social and environmental problems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

The Bush plan, which Russia strongly opposed, would have placed 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to intercept long-range missiles from such states as Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Under the agreement, painstakingly negotiated with the outgoing Japanese government over several years, the United States will move 8,000 U.S.Marines from the Futenma base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa to the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

But a majority don't think it is going to work in terms of being able to stop terrorists there from using Afghanistan as a terrorist base to do terrorists acts against the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

U.S.officials have long said they believe al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his top commanders shifted their base of operation from Afghanistan to Pakistan's largely autonomous tribal regions after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

That same Quinnipiac poll also found that by a margin of 59 to 34 percent, Americans believe that preventing terrorists from using Afghanistan as a base of operations is still a worthwhile goal for the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Officials in Georgia say troops at a tank battalion at the Mukhrovani base about 30 kilometers from Tbilisi staged a rebellion aimed at overthrowing the government and also disrupting Wednesday's start of NATO military exercises in the republic.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

He said the main goal must be to prevent the country from again becoming a base for terrorist attacks on the United States as it was in 2001,which he said requires preventing the Taliban from returning to power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

That's the finding in a new study that analyzed over 750 published studies on children's health the findings were base on data from 50 years studies from children health, and health care disparities "Racial and ethnic disparities in children's health care are quite extensive, pervasive and persistent."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

At the Chicago White Sox U.S.Cellular Field on Chicago's South Side, the 30-year-old pitcher retired all 27 batters from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays without allowing anyone to reach first base, pitching a perfect game and putting his name in a record book occupied by only 17 others in Major League history.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24