But there have also been efforts to bridge the differences between religious belief and evolutionary science in recent years.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

But he points to growing inequalities in adult mortality -- a "massive spread" between countries with the highest rates and those with the lowest.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

But relations between workers and growers in California worsened under a new state government.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Many Filipinos rely on ferries to travel between islands in the Philippines, but accidents are common especially during the monsoon season.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

And there's increasing research that shows a direct but poorly-understood link between relationships and physiological processes in the body.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But in a small,short person, Skinner says,just 3 kilograms can make the difference between a healthy weight and obesity.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

But there is one small difference between the inn now and how it appears in Rockwell's original painting.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

But the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is long and notoriously easy to cross, especially in southern Baluchistan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

But the boat has been idling in Indonesian waters, awaiting instructions and coordination between Indonesian authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

But that kind of dynamic in which the choice is just between regimes and oppositions is a consequence of policies that have to be changed.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

But there's an important difference between Europe and America: electricity in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

But lawmakers as well as American military commanders are concerned by violence in Iraq, particularly about the possibility that tensions between Arabs and Kurds could expand into widespread violence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Talks have been underway in Doha,Qatar between negotiators for the Sudanese government and various rebel groups, but so far there has been little visible progress to end the fighting.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

As many as 100,000 people may have died in the two wars between Russia and Chechnya since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but exact figures are not known.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26