In a striking closing scene, the ocean expert Sylvia Earle talks about the importance of protecting the beautiful world that lives under the sea.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

They are lit with a striking blue light and seem to glow in the dark room.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Zaha Hadid has designed other striking buildings like the Guangzhou Opera House in China.

VOA: special.2011.04.13

And federal soldiers were used against striking silver miners in Idaho.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

The scenes of striking workers at factory gates have become a regular sight in the past month.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"It's a striking number, almost twice the average wage in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

And for all Thursday's celebrations - big and small the skies in Beijing were clear and blue, a striking departure from the heavy fog of a day earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The numbers are even more striking in California cities.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Last week,The New York Review of Books published excerpts of ICRC expert interviews with 14 detainees in an article by Danner, who says the similarities in the prisoners' stories are striking.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29