But while broken bones can be painful, they are generally not life-threatening.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

A Libyan official says a young Dutch boy who was the lone survivor did not have life threatening injuries.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Theirs were not life-threatening injuries, so the 56th slowed down.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

The African Union has imposed sanctions and travel restrictions on the government of General Aziz, and the European Union is threatening to do the same if democracy is not restored.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Among other things,the U.S.military has been distributing leaflets in the area where Bergdahl was captured, urging residents to help find him, and threatening that if his captors do not release him unharmed they will be hunted down.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

December 7 is known as "national students' day" in Iran, and it marks the anniversary of the 1953 slaying of three students by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's security forces, following a coup against populist Prime Minister Mohammed Mosadegh, earlier that year Eyewitnesses say hundreds of students have received threatening emails,this week, warning them not to participate in Monday's demonstrations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07