That needs to be understood. But this time, we need to put the story of emancipation at the center of this narrative, because what really transformed the United States, were not those battles.

VOA: special.2011.04.09

The future belongs to those who build, not those who destroy.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

But experts say non-communicable diseases -- those that do not spread from person to person -- are the leading killer today.

VOA: special.2011.05.11

Patients getting the drug lived on average for ten months compared to six months for those not getting it.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

Even those who did not wish to end slavery in the South felt that slavery should not spread further.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He told the president, "You do not know the dishonest purposes of those men as well as I do."

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The study found that losses from obesity are now equal to, if not greater than, those from smoking.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

But a new report says sixty percent of those in developing countries do not get the recommended treatment.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

The research showed that people who cry alone may not do as well as those with others around.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, will not respond to any of those drugs but might still be treatable.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

Food containers that are not waterproof include those with screw caps, snap lids,pull tops and crimped caps.

VOA: special.2010.07.19

The study compared trees that had been thinned by machine with those that had not been thinned.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

"I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to improve it.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

They found that the risk of depression was not higher among those with the shorter gene.

VOA: special.2009.06.24