Experts say the best place to be is in an underground shelter, or a small,windowless room in the lowest part of a building.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

"More than 2 decades ago, I arrived in Illinois as a young man eager to do my part in building a better America.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Experts say the best place to be is in a small room, without windows, in the middle of the lowest part of a building.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Tony Hawk says young skateboarders take part in designing and building the parks.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

It said Gilo is an integral part of Jerusalem and that building in the neighborhood has continued unabated for decades.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

The ceremony is part of a community reconciliation process led by the Sierra Leonean peace-building organization, Fambul Tok.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

closing an air field in a populated area and building a new one on an existing U.S.base in the northern part of the island.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Israel insists east Jerusalem is part of Israel and rejects efforts to restrict building there.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

And in a further gesture of goodwill, the Chinese leader promised help in building 100 clean energy projects, part of what China says is its commitment to fight global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

He said he spoke earlier in the day to European defense ministers who are meeting in Sweden and urged them to play a larger part in training and building up the police and army.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

But the political leadership does not want that. "So a part of the strategy is building up those elements in Pakistan that understand that having a stable and peaceful relationship with Afghanistan is actually in Pakistan's national security interest,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

It's about raising awareness and engaging people in the community so that they are part of this work" To promote change at the grassroots level, the city is building coalitions that bring together community and government agencies.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Morrell says Lieutenant Generals Stanley McChrystal and David Rodriguez will outline the details of the military part of President Barack Obama's new Afghanistan strategy, which emphasizes protecting civilians, building Afghan government credibility and defeating al-Qaida and its allies including the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Authorities say they quickly killed two of the gunmen, but two others continued to fire machine guns in the extended battle in Pul-i-Alam, Witnesses say U.S.military helicopters were part of the response force, and one aircraft fired a rocket into a multi-story building which the insurgents had seized, used to launch their attack and had rigged with explosives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10