The U.N.Secretary General says the facts are "grim" in Haiti, after a 7.0 earthquake rocked the Caribbean nation Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

And that is only part of the grim news that was delivered by the European Commission - the bloc's executive arm.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

While the situation is grim for all the displaced, IOM says it is worse for those families that are headed by females.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

Indications that unemployment continues to rise is grim news for leaders heading to the G-20 summit in the United States next week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Dr.Wunsch says these grim statistics raise serious questions about future treatment of the critically ill.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

Freeman felt he faced two grim choices: use up all of his savings or die.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

It paints a grim picture and says the allied mission could fail without more resources.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Most of that largely grim assessment was made public Monday by the Washington Post.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The review was prompted,in part, by a grim assessment from General McChrystal, who is here at the NATO meeting to provide a direct readout to the defense ministers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

WFP's Casella tells VOA all this hunger translates into some grim statistics.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

he endorsed the grim assessment by the NATO and U.S.commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, and his call for a change in the way the alliance operates in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Although it was benign, doctors in Romania delivered grim news.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

After seeing the general's grim assessment, President Obama told American television networks over the weekend he is in the process of reviewing his own six-month-old strategy, and he questioned whether supporting the Afghan government, building its security forces and securing key provinces, is the right approach.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22