They hope studying these genes more closely could help in development of new treatments for the disease, and possibly a cure.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

If not,they say, the future of food security, economic development and social stability in dry areas will be put at risk.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Most experts agree that the traditional music and dance of American slaves played a big part in the development of ragtime.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

But,in a development announced Wednesday, Britain says it is open to talks with the political wing of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

In nineteen eighty-seven, she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to improve the lives of black children.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Possible effects of the diet include digestive problems, loss of fluids in the body, and development of kidney stones or gall stones.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

In another development, the United Nations reported Tuesday that the number of young people becoming infected with HIV in Africa is falling.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

The United States Agency for International Development has a team of entrepreneurs in Egypt to supervise the program.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

One of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by twenty fifteen.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Development Report. Some of the longest-lasting effects of colonization can be found in the health of the native people who were colonized.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The advice comes from information written by Jenny Dean of the Intermediate Technology Development Group in Britain.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

He became interested in the idea of sanitation after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

In a separate development, another team reported completing a genome of the organism responsible for late blight.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

On Friday,in a separate development, police in Kosovo arrested the head of the country's central bank.

VOA: special.2010.07.24