In the East, one storm dropped lots of snow on communities from North Carolina to the New England states on the weekend before Christmas.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

"We support political and economic reform in the Middle East and North Africa that can meet the legitimate aspirations of ordinary people throughout the region.

VOA: special.2011.05.21

The U.N.probe will look at CIA rendition flights that secretly transferred terror suspects for interrogation, mainly in North Africa and the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

"We are going to enforce the U.N.resolution," "North Korea is a very destabilizing element in East Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

One program provides mentoring and technology training to women in the Middle East and North Africa.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"And,if I may put it that way, a disproportionately large part of the forthcoming budget would be allocated for growth in the North and East."

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

For years,the lack of reliable data on HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa led regional governments to believe they had somehow managed to escape the epidemic.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Secretary Clinton is in Morocco for a meeting of foreign ministers from the Middle East,North Africa, and the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to discuss human rights, democracy,and economic development in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

That is in addition to billions of dollars of aid to the Middle East and North Africa, including a $700-million Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to Morocco for fruit tree farming and small-scale fisheries as well as stronger financial services and enterprise support.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03