Ghiyath Nakshbendi of American University in Washington notes that the problems are linked to a worldwide collapse in real estate prices.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

President Obama notes that it was Theodore Roosevelt who first called for health care reform nearly a century ago.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

In Washington, Julianne Brienza notes that next year it will be more difficult to get donations for Capital Fringe.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

A new government report notes that very little progress has been made in reducing what are called health care-associated infections.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

The U.N.report notes that the world's poorest countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

The ILO notes that child labor is decreasing worldwide, but at a much slower rate than four years ago.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Carl Rosen of the University of Minnesota Extension notes that concerns about lead have increased now that more people are planting gardens.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

A government report notes that little progress has been made in reducing what are called health care-associated infections.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The agency notes that many medicines to treat the disease have serious side effects while some carry risks.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Still,pop culture expert Robert Thompson notes that Clair Huxtable was often shown more as a wife and mother than as a successful lawyer.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Tucson police Sergeant Fabian Pacheco also notes that forty percent of officers in his city are Hispanic.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

But Michael Meyer notes that methane also can come from a purely non-biological process called serpentinization.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

The group notes that a past fishing treaty took almost ten years to come into force.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

But he notes that having more players at the table could also mean more disputes.

VOA: special.2009.10.02