The Latvian economy is expected to be hit even harder,shrinking 13.1 percent in 2009, while Ireland's economy is expected to shrink by nine percent.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Namik Tan is Turkey's ambassador to the U.S: "It will be Turkey that will be hit hardest by the sanctions or use of force."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Life seems to be back to normal. However,in the small coastal communities hit hard by the tsunami, signs of devastation and loss are everywhere.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

President Obama told people in the nation's largest state, which has been hit especially hard by the economic crisis, that "there will be brighter days ahead."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

And he says it's developing countries that will be worst hit by this delay.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Britain's Royal Society has released a report looking at how science and technology can be used to fight a food shortage it says is expected to hit the globe by 2050.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

A long-standing drought, along with recent devastating bushfires and widespread floods have given some scientists more reason to think that the vast continent is likely to be one of the countries hardest hit by a shifting climate.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03