Each of the nine host cities has been divided into sectors, including areas around the stadiums, transportation hubs,hotels and tourist attractions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Bose's plight is familiar to millions of poor people, especially urban migrants who pour into the country's big cities every year, in search of work.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Sharla Musabih has watched the Emirate of Dubai transform from a small town into one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

"We must keep in mind how even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations into bankruptcy."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

It is also one of a number of cities in the north that erupted into protest after troops stormed the Red Shirt's Bangkok camp last week, part of a military crackdown that caused at least 50 deaths.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25