That was one and a half percent of the world economy, and just losses from early death and disability.

VOA: special.2010.08.25

This is a common problem for millions of children around the world and not just at school, but also at home.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

However,microfinance does show how it is possible to change the lives of women and girls around the world with just a little help.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Social networks are all about connecting friends and friends of friends, just like in the physical world.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

"Before she changed the world, Julia Child was just an American living in France ."

VOA: special.2009.06.12

The journal editors say, "If internal and international migrants comprised a nation, it would be the third most populous country in the world,just after China and India."

VOA: special.2011.07.06

The world's total forest area is just over four billion hectares.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Preterm births are a problem not just in the developing world.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

"I have just seen the most amazing thing in the world!"

VOA: special.2009.07.18

"In England,like in the United States, bilingualism is seen as something special and unique and something to be commented on and perhaps work towards, whereas in many other parts of the world being bilingual is just seen as a natural part of life."

VOA: special.2011.03.09

"I think the one story that inspired this book was meeting a wonderful man called Don Mertin in New Zealand and he explaining to me how he had saved a species of bird called a Black Robin when there were just seven individuals left in the world of which only two were female and only one of whom was fertile."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Main message? Each one of us makes a difference every single day we impact the world around us and if we would just think about the consequences of the little choices we make what we eat,wear,buy, how we interact with people,animals, the environment then we start making small changes and that can lead to the huge change that we must have."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

"When my bull wins, it is as if our Korean team has just won a medal in a world competition."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"The historic resolution we just adopted enshrines our shared commitment to the goal of a world without nuclear weapons,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.24