The coral whitens when it becomes stressed by warmer temperatures and expels the algae organisms it needs to survive.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

He also says parents can help create a healthy emotional life for small children by being watchful and responsive to their needs.

VOA: special.2011.08.10

His simple needs were supplied by selling or trading the skins of wild animals in the town.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

"A secret inquiry conducted by a clutch of grandees, handpicked by the prime minister is not what Britain needs.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Proposals to sanction Iran's gasoline imports, which account for 40 percent of its needs, have been advocated by various lawmakers in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Doronila says Mr.Aquino needs to live up to his own strong anti-corruption message, by prosecuting past abuse.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

In a secret assessment published by The Washington Post Monday, General Stanley McChrystal says he needs more forces and,without them, the effort faces possible failure.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

She says therapeutic feeding for severely malnourished children, water and sanitation, and education are some of the other needs that will be covered by the appeal.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

"Our security needs would be greatly enhanced by a clear alternative to the kind of autocracy we have in Yemen and other parts of the Arab world."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"A sentence of 15 years imprisonment is not disproportionate to the crime and the needs of society so that an injustice would be done by imposing that sentence."

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

I'm just disappointed by my country. It really needs to stand up,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

The International Organization for Migration says shelter, food and employment remain the most pressing needs of most of the more than 1.5 million people displaced by the bombing.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

But the Uruguayan leader, a doctor by training,lamented that Latin American governments are devoting growing resources to armaments rather than dealing with pressing social needs including health and education.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But she said that if Hamas wants to play a part in peace talks, it needs to meet international terms by renouncing violence and accepting Israel's right to exist.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

This is our government. It is a government of the people, by the people and for the people, and the by the people piece needs to get back into it."

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

"Croatia,who started the negotiation process the same day as Turkey, will probably will be ready by the end of 2010 whereas Turkey needs over 10 years to be ready at this pace.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

" Senator Lugar, who is on the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate in the United States, has said in order for that to happen, the new agreement needs to be done by August.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

adaptations,coastal protections Among a host of necessary need to be built, crops threatened by drought need to be modified, health care needs to be stepped up, and new clean energy solutions need to put in place.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

And we want to get the world's attention focused where we think it needs to be, with these continuing efforts by al Qaida and others to get just enough nuclear material to cause terrible havoc, destruction and loss of life."

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Rural areas are largely untapped. "So the government needs to work hard to diversify its export commodities, export products, add more value by processing more, let's say agriculture production in the country and thereby create more jobs to help the economy grow faster."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

The economy needs help. But rather than stimulating the economy by providing an improved incentives to work and invest, we have been devoting trillions of dollars in taxpayer money to expanding and creating permanent long-term government spending programs and income-redistribution mechanisms,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

But I think Iran needs to do a much better job of respecting Iraq's sovereignty and they should start by ceasing to provide weaponry to various extremist groups in Iraq" Looking ahead to parliamentary elections in Iraq in January, Georgia Democrat David Scott and Ambassador Hill had this exchange about the question of a possible referendum on the U.S.military presence in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10