Meanwhile,the Iranian regime has been cracking down on anti-government protests that erupted after June's disputed presidential election and flared anew last month.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

Most mass transit has been shut down and many highways are closed by the fighting.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

The company says two turbines were destroyed and the facility has been shut down.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

And as in other townsup and down the coast, Bayou La Batre'sentire shrimping industry has fallen victim to Carmen and has been left in utter ruin.

VOA: standard.other

In recent days, there have been reports that the Internet search company Google has turned to the U.S.intelligence community to help track down threats to its operations in China.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

just to make it more difficult for them to operate. Shaaf also says that the government has been using whatever laws it can to shut down organizations dedicated to civic activism.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

The results are mixed. For example, the report says progress is being made in bringing down child deaths, but there has been little or no movement in maternal and newborn health.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

He has had a bad summer. His numbers are down, health care is in peril and he has not been able to work his will on his own party, much less the opposition Republicans."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

After six Eurostar trains broke down in or near the tunnel that runs under the English Channel, the system has been suspended while engineers troubleshoot the electrical problems thought to have been brought on by condensation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

And these mudbugs,as some call them, are about to become an even more important part of the region's seafood platters now that shrimp,oyster, and crab harvesting has been shut down in affected areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17