Because Mexico is a popular tourist destination,Swine Flu quickly spread beyond North America to parts of Europe and Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The International Air Transport Association recently reported that the Asia-Pacific region has eclipsed North America as the largest aviation market.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

"We are going to enforce the U.N.resolution," "North Korea is a very destabilizing element in East Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

Aside from so-called "rogue" nations like North Korea, he said Asia was also under threat from extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

In 2009,647 million people flew in the Asia-Pacific, compared with North America's Brian Sinclair Thompson, Thailand manager for Swiss International,is upbeat over the region's outlook.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The Asia Pacific region led the decline with a more than 14 percent fall off Passengers for North American flights fell by more than 13 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

"It is very important.Super important. it involves all of us whether we live here in Denmark or whether we live in Asia or in North America,for that matter."

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

"It's set to take over from North America in absolute terms of movement and I think that's a good sign as well that intra-Asia, the demand is definitely coming back."

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Under questioning, Clinton said she had no plans for a Pyongyang visit herself but noted that U.S.envoy for North Korean Stephen Bosworth has been dispatched to Asia and Russia to discuss the situation.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The agency report called for the need to adapt to an increase in more intense hurricanes in the Caribbean, above-average warming impact on glacier-dependent river flows in Central Asia,and droughts affecting fragile economies in North Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Clinton says the State Department's science envoys program is sending some of America's brightest scientists to North Africa, the Middle East, South and South-East Asia to fulfill President Obama's mandate to foster scientific and technological cooperation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"The wonderful thing about solar energy is that it's accessible and available everywhere in the world, from the cloudiest place in northern Europe to the sunniest place in north-central Africa to the Outback of Australia to South Asia.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19