Rice is one of the world's most abundant food crops. The success of this grain can be attributed to the availability of both manpower for planting and harvesting, as well as plentiful rainfall in the regions where it's grown.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

"By going to phase six, what this would mean is that the spread of the virus is continued and that activity has become established in at least two regions of the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Thursday's incident took place in waters west of the Korean peninsula one of the tensest maritime regions in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Pro-Russian forces also resent Mr.Yushchenko's campaign to teach the Ukrainian language to schoolchildren in Russian-speaking regions of the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

The non-governmental organization Food Security Policy Advocacy Network studied the impact of multinational jatropha production in the Volta, Eastern,Central,and Ashanti regions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"In large parts of southern Asia, central Africa, these regions are likely to have the warmest year on record,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The World Health Organization is calling for the recruitment, training and funding of at least 330-thousand new midwives in these regions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Nyguen moved here in the 1980s like many fellow Vietnamese from the fishing regions of the Mekong Delta.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

A return to profitable healthy fishing can lead people out of piracy in the central and north regions,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The prime minister was referring to the growing influence of armed Maoist rebels in poor and underdeveloped regions inhabited by tribal groups.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But development has been unevenly spread in the country, and the boom has bypassed many of the country's poorer and underdeveloped regions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The IMF expects growth to accelerate in the poorest regions in Africa as the global recession eases.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Despite the military's superiority in numbers, former security chief of the tribal regions,Mahmood Shah, tells VOA it will not be an easy battle.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

We write prescriptions." For years,nurse practitioners have been playing a larger role in the nation's health care, especially in regions with few doctors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The militants are using their bases in Pakistan's remote tribal regions bordering Afghanistan for launching attacks against government and security targets across the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Fans fill out brackets to pick the winners in the four 16-team regions of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

He says his squadron is a reassuring presence in some of the country's most dangerous regions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

In his state,he was noted for traveling to the most remote regions of Andhra Pradesh to understand the living conditions of his poorest constituents.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

UNHCR spokesman,Andrej Mahecic,says more than 14,000 Mauritanian refugees, comprising 3,634 families, had returned from Senegal to four regions in Mauritania before the operation was suspended.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The leader of al-Shabab forces in the Bay and Bakol regions, Sheikh Mahad Abdikarim, is asking for foreign Islamic militants to join al-Shabab in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16