Greece -- a popular travel place -- continues to face a debt crisis that has sharply raised its borrowing costs.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Secretary Gates said he has launched a year-long study of the possible effects of a change in the law.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

The Education Department has written a nineteen-page letter to all school systems, colleges and universities that accept federal money.

VOA: special.2011.05.19

The FDA also has approved a man-made form of myelin basic protein to treat this kind of MS.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

The University of Illinois in the United States has a project called SAWBO -- Scientific Animations Without Borders.

VOA: special.2011.06.14

They said a new,non-steroidal treatment made from a human protein has proven successful in greatly decreasing the signs of asthma in mice.

VOA: special.2010.09.07

Bryan McNulty, the communications director, says Bates has offered a three-year bachelor's degree since the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

A new study has found the strongest evidence yet that smoke-free laws can reduce a major effect of tobacco smoking - heart disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced a plan to get cleaner-burning cooking stoves into developing countries.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

Yosemite has a beautiful slow-moving river and large grassy areas where you can see wild animals.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Syria has long had a single-party system led by the Ba'ath party of the Assad family.

VOA: special.2011.08.06

Today we explain a very old saying that has had a big influence on rock-and-roll music.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

Abbottabad is a two-hour drive from Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, and has a large military presence.

VOA: special.2011.05.07

A member of the United States Marines also has a strange name -- leatherneck.

VOA: special.2010.03.07