Rene Rivera says strong family ties and a shared Catholic faith helped people deal with the hard life in their community.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Mobile phones have revolutionized the way people connect not only with family and friends but also business services.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The tipping point for so many people is the more constant concern of putting food on the table and providing for a family.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

The organic garden provides food for the first family's meals and to feed hungry people in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Type two diabetes is common in people who eat too much and exercise too little and those with a family history of it.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Leroy Hood and David Galas examined all the genes of four people in a family.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

And that's where they stayed. Some people say they raised a family up there.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

They also may feel disconnected from people, especially family and close friends.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

But if people enjoy fine dining, if people enjoy entertaining, they're always looking for ways to enjoy their friends and family and impress them and have wonderful food, but not everyone has the time these days to prepare things themselves.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

He knows almost all of the one hundredand and fifty people being buried here, his friends, family and neighbors.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

"When you see people care about your child's life, it's been tremendous for the family and for Andrea."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

He himself lost more than 20 family members to the genocide, and he understands the need of people to bury their families with dignity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

"Our people are brutalized and killed,and I lost 21 of my family members in one day."

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

Dr.Stafford says people are enormously resilient and that patients, including journalists, with the support of family and friends, can return to a more "normal" life.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

Instead, the focus was on people-to-people exchanges -- encouraging family ties, and clearing the way for U.S.telecommunication firms and satellite radio and television services to seek access to the Cuban market.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

"At times the contentious battle is between the interests of the masses, the public,of the nation, of the people,and the interests of a special elite group, either family,cronies or political elements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

"I was just in Sri Lanka last week and in Indonesia about a month ago talking to people who had lost family members and the loss,the sorrow, the irreplaceable loved one is still felt.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

"And the Jackson family and Michael's heart has been Gary Indiana from the womb and I want to say to the people around the world that Michael Jackson put Gary Indiana on the global map."

VOA: standard.2009.07.11