He is also working on a similar literacy study for cities around the world.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

And since it's a global problem,he adds, it will always be helpful for cities around the world to exchange ideas and experiences to benefit from each other's innovative solutions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

For many years, people in American cities have depended on farmers in rural areas to grow fruits and vegetables.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

Some cities and communities will hold Earth Day activities and celebrations for an entire week, not just on April twenty-second.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

The study examined employment records for eight cities in Minnesota for a three-year period through two thousand six.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

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

They went to towns and cities to look for an easier and better way of life.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

But first,we tell about an organization that builds skate parks for young people living in cities.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

Builders in these cities and others would also begin competing for the title of "tallest building."

VOA: special.2010.03.31

For several weeks,the former president has been traveling to many cities to talk about the book.

VOA: special.2010.10.15

Hotels in many cities have special deals for New Year's Eve: dinner,Champagne and a party.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Other groups formed quickly in northern cities and began training for war.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

President Kennedy once said: "I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,too,will be remembered not for our victories or defeats in battle or politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit."

VOA: special.2010.10.29

Kerlikowske spent years as a police chief in American cities, but he favors treatment programs over jail time for drug uses.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

In addition to the races for governor and Congress, voters will elect mayors in several large U.S.cities, including New York,Atlanta, Houston,Boston,Detroit and Pittsburgh.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

IBM,which has developed new technology for predicting traffic flow, has identified the cities with the worst commutes in the world and those that are successfully easing the congestion.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

And cities across the United States will continue to prepare for the worst, in exercises like this one, so if another attack occurs, they will be ready for it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

People lived on the edge of death." During the frequent droughts, Mohamed Ait Lamine and others left their families to look for work on construction sites in cities far away.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Foreign Minister Zebari insisted that he doesn't think that the recent surge of violence will disrupt the timetable for U.S.troops to withdraw from major Iraqi cities in June, or for assuming security responsibilities across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"Iraq's future is in the hands of its own people, and Iraq's leaders must now make some hard choices necessary to resolve key political questions, to advance opportunity and to provide security for their towns and their cities,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.30