"With more stable infrastructure, once it's rebuilt, with a more robust health system, there's an opportunity to not only deal with the immediate tragedy of the earthquake, but hopefully, some of the longer-term crises that Haitians have experienced day in and day out."

VOA: special.2010.02.01

It has been 3.5 years since the bombing of the mosque triggered one of the worst displacement crises in recent times.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

While the crises in these three countries are relatively well known, there are a number of countries that remain largely forgotten.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

These crises are most acutely felt in the 28 countries that figure in the Humanitarian Action Report.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

He is encouraging banks to adopt new rules to limit payments to top executives in future crises.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"And as so often in major crises, the top man has to take that responsibility and walk."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Sinclair-Thompson says the travel industry and governments gained experience in dealing with health crises in 2003, when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome hit the region.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The announcement appears to indicate that Pakistan's powerful military, which has intervened in political crises before, is backing the government in the current standoff.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

Abe says studies conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) point to rising poverty in Japan before the global economic crises in 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

His presidency began before a crowd a million strong, but when the cheering stopped, he was one man dealing with overlapping crises: an economy in free fall and two unpopular wars.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

And African presidents from Rwanda, Ghana and Sierra Leone each pointed to the negative impact of the global financial and food crises, as well as the growing impact of climate change, on development in their countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

"If you contrast what is happening in this crisis to what we saw in the last major global crises of the last several decades, I think you are seeing more action now on a broader scale,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Holbrooke said the Pakistani government has successfully weathered a series of domestic crises earlier this year, including the Taliban offensive in the Swat Valley and neighboring northern areas that he suggested has generated a public backlash against religious extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

What they are hoping to do is to come up with a coordinated plan to ease the recession, get their economies back on track and put in place regulatory measures to try to prevent similar crises in future.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Officials in President Asif Zardari's office said he is seeking talks with opposition leaders to try to _ the crises The government's offer for negotiations follows several meetings with top political and military leaders as well as consultations with American diplomats.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13