The researchers looked at the connections in two areas of the brain that control language and social behavior.

VOA: special.2010.12.21

Lodge said the great nations of the world were taking control of the world's undeveloped areas.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

The World Health Organization says mosquito control efforts are improving in many areas.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

They took control of many areas along the railroad.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

But residents in Mogadishu say al-Shabab fighters have been searching vehicles Wednesday at various checkpoints set up in areas under their control.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

All of the strikes have occurred in areas where Pakistan's military exerts little,if any control.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

Army officials say the offensive against the militants in Waziristan has been successful with troops gaining control of key areas and killing more than 200 militants.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Zamarripa says US officials are well aware of the continuing bloodshed in Juarez and surrounding areas and want to help Mexican counterparts gain control of the situation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The insurgents, who have taken control of vast forest areas in several eastern and central states, say they are fighting for the rights of the poor and the landless.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Prosecutors say Karadzic was the architect of the killings of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian-Serb forces in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995,as part of an "ethnic-cleansing" campaign to keep areas under Serbian control.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

Experts say accountability is key in determining the future use of certain practices such as confining thousands of protesters into small areas for hours on end and of some officers removing badge numbers from their uniforms in crowd control situations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control: "There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26