John Miller says that literacy is an important sign of the nation's well-being.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

John Bachar said rock climbing felt like being on another planet.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

Sampson Kollie has malaria. He's being treated at the John F.Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Liberia's capital.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

A close race is being held for governor in New Jersey where the Democratic incumbent, John Corzine,is trying to hold off Republican challenger Chris Christie and independent candidate Chris Daggett.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Not necessarily,say analysts. John Tirman, executive director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says being a Nobel laureate is of only marginal benefit at the negotiating table.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

On January 24, Pope Benedict lifted the excommunication of British-born Richard Williamson and three other bishops to try to heal a 20-year-old rift that began when they were thrown out of the Church for being ordained without the permission of Pope John Paul II.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12