Besides best picture, the nominations include Quentin Tarantino for best director and Christoph Waltz for best actor in a supporting role.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

For example,husbands and wives in some ethnic groups are tested for the possibility of having a child with Tay-Sachs.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Another area has a collection of irons and other devices used for cleaning and pressing clothes in Chinese laundries.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

UNICEF is appealing for more than one billion dollars in aid for women and children around the world.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

After Harvard Law School she worked for a law firm in Chicago and for Mayor Richard M. Daley.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

It combines a tax cut for employers and spending for road projects in an effort to reduce unemployment.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

These are among the signs listed on the Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Earlier this year, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published new guidelines for concussions in children and teens.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

The Afghanistan policy calls for establishing security in cities and towns, protecting civilians even if it means more danger for coalition troops.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

The groups are the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the New Partnership for Africa's Development.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

It provides water for drinking and cooking for the people who live in Taos Pueblo today, just as it has for centuries.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Senator Kennedy also helped create health and nutrition programs for pregnant women, babies and children in low-income families.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

And he taught at the Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in California.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

Economies in central and eastern Europe have been hit hard by the worldwide credit crisis and less demand for exports in western Europe.

VOA: special.2009.03.06