In the fourteenth century, ships that arrived in Venice,Italy, from areas infected with bubonic plague had to stay outside port for forty days.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

From far and near the people gathered in the arena and outside its walls.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

By far the best known golfer in the world, Tiger Woods,has been in hiding since the bizarre accident outside his Florida home in November that led to his stunning fall from grace.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

The event was attended not only by doctors,nurses, and delegates from international aid groups, but also by people from outside the health sector planners,architects and engineers who talked about ways of building hospitals in such a way that they would be ready for an emergency.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Europe's oil use is going down. But on the other hand when it comes to security in the Gulf, the United States is the only country from outside the Gulf that can provide security for the Gulf in a comprehensive way.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Saying President Obama has offered Iran every opportunity for constructive diplomatic dialogue on its nuclear program, Senate Democratic Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry said more robust sanctions are in his words the only way to dramatically increase the economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran from the outside and help leverage pressure on the regime from its own population which wants a different relationship with the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25