An international conference took place this week in Dakar,Senegal, to find new ways to get and keep girls in school.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

These included questions from Rwandan students about subjects like drug use, H.I.V./AIDS and girls in school who get pregnant.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

For the most part, the Confederacy depended on privately owned ships to get goods in and out of the South.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

We asked Ms.Nietert what advice she had for someone who might want to get involved in helping others through microfinance.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

The family carries the body through flood and fire in an effort to get her body to Jefferson to be buried.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

But you must be careful. It is easy to get lost in the waves of moving sand especially during sandstorms.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

The Obama administration says the earlier those in trouble can get help, the more chance for long-term success.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

So we need programs that really, and from industry's perspective too, get in front of kids while they're young in elementary school."

VOA: special.2010.04.01

People who suffer from migraines can find that different "triggers" in different people may get a headache started.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

Other people who get involved in genealogy may want to confirm stories they heard about a family member.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

These artists fear that they will get in trouble with the government if they sing about political issues.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

In this scene, she tries to get the other women in her lifeboat to go back and rescue people from the water.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Radioactive particles travel in the wind and get absorbed into soil with the help of rain and snow.

VOA: special.2011.03.29

Divers can also get trapped in the plastic, and it can get caught up in boating equipment.

VOA: special.2009.09.22