Japan is the world's second largest economy, but it has suffered more than Over the past year, it has suffered a deep recession, although the economy now appears to be growing slowly now.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Barack Obama has spoken repeatedly of Lincoln's influence in making it possible for the country to have its first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

It never goes away completely. America's Food and Drug Administration has approved three drugs for fibromyalgia - Lyrica,Cymbalta and Savella.

VOA: special.2011.08.02

"I know it's an election year. And after last week, it's clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

has something listeners like. It is on Billboard's list of hot one hundred songs based on radio play.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

The only difference now is that the Internet has made it much simpler to steal other people's work.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

A team from the University of Warwick has built what it calls the world's first completely environmentally friendly Formula Three racing car.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

And then,we just implement it!" Today the Women's Microfinance Initiative has given more than one thousand loans to women in Uganda and Kenya.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Joanna Dovan from the mayor's office says it is true that the city now has its lowest population of the past ten years.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

One critic said the Kennedy Center stage has never sparkled as brightly as it did the night of the group's "Knights of the Moon" performance.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

The United States says it has no plans for now to follow Britain's lead.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

But Professor Gaechter says his team's theory was that punishment has only low costs because it needs to be used rarely and works as a threat.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

"I think that text messaging has made students believe that it's far more acceptable than it actually is to just make screamingly atrocious spelling and grammatical errors."

VOA: special.2010.01.28

It has already been to the top of Billboard Magazine's Bluegrass Albums chart.

VOA: special.2009.07.17