Professor Meier also says the possibility of ships being able to move through newly unfrozen parts of the Arctic could lead to losses of natural resources.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

He showed his personality and energy in his famous shout: "If you are an American or you're just a human being and got any blood going through your veins -- AHHOOWW! I feel good!"

VOA: special.2010.05.16

He is heard here through a translator. "Sanctions are being employed as a political tool against Myanmar and we consider them unjust,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The vessels will have the advantage of being able to navigate shallow water and squeeze through rivers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

Critics say that e-mails and other information sent through cloud providers are no longer private anyway, just by virtue of being on the web.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

But officials say electricity is still being supplied to the region through nearby power plants.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

An Associated Press investigative report documents how some Chinese manufacturers have been using cadmium in cheap charm bracelets and pendants being sold through the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

"China,after having been one of the world's strongest and most developed countries, went through a period of relative decline and relatively being pushed around by other countries."

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Even after being processed at the city's water treatment plants the water takes another journey through leaky pipes that ensure it is no longer drinkable once it reaches people's homes.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

At one point,there were as many as 300 people a day being deported through Juarez, which has gained a reputation as the most dangerous city in the world outside a war zone.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The rescue operation to free him, approved at the highest levels of the British government, is being criticized in both Kabul and London amid reports that the captives were close to being freed through negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Earlier this year, police salaries were increased and many are now being paid through bank transfers, so no one is able to take a cut of a policeman's pay before it gets into the hands of the employee.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Mr.Obama used his weekly address to re-focus attention on his budget plan and get it through Congress, after a week dominated by outrage over huge bonuses paid at companies that are being bailed out by the government.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

The onus is really on the government of the United States to reveal more about the ways in which it makes sure that arbitrary executions, extrajudicial executions are not, in fact,being carried out through the use of these weapons,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27