This month,export prices for Southeast Asian rice have jumped from about $550 a ton or less to more than $650.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

"The terrain in Afghanistan is different from Iraq, it's more uneven, the roads are less easy to traverse.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Major polluters could buy allowances from the government, and companies that pollute less than their allowances could sell them to those that pollute more.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27