The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

Some members of the local community had strong feelings about the death and worked to make sure the skeleton stayed on the island.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

But they say the best ways to reduce death and injury from snakebites are education and prevention.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

She then travels to Brazil to investigate his death and learn more about Dr. Swenson's findings.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

But it,too,had suffered. Much of the death and destruction was the result of new military technology.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

Also,the South had started the Civil War which had caused so much death and destruction.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

He was distracted, he was going too fast, and it ended up causing one death and some serious trauma and tragedy for the rest of the community."

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The painted drawings and writings tell about gods of death and rebirth.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

These songs told stories about love and death and difficult times.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Sometimes this movement is violent and results in death and destruction.

VOA: special.2011.01.04

Life itself is but a compromise between death and life.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

Strokes are a major cause of death and disability.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

The word itself came to mean death and destruction.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

Here in the United States, Asian,African-American,Hispanic, and Native American children have higher rates of death and more illness compared to their white children.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07