Borlaug remained involved with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, even after his research took him to other parts of the globe, where he replicated the success he had had in Mexico, building his reputation as father of the "green revolution" in the 1960's.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

A big blue globe near the opening of the exhibit shows places where orchids grow.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

Leaders from around the globe have reached out to share fond memories and admiration of Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Those sentiments were echoed across the globe when guitar virtuoso Les Paul died in August at the age of 94.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

McKibben says he's encouraged by the growth of grassroots activism around the globe, especially among young people.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Dr.Margaret Chan,Director General of the World Health Organization, began a series of daily briefings to track H1N1 as it spread around the globe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Tiny drops,which are now bringing big hopes of eliminating the second disease ever from the globe.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

After years of traveling the globe, fitness expert Harley Pasternak has learned a lot about the diets and lifestyles of the world's healthiest countries.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

For six years, audiences around the globe tuned in to follow the adventures of the survivors of a plane crash, stranded on a mysterious and dangerous island.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Clinton called the trafficking of persons for forced labor,sexual exploitation and other illicit purposes "modern-day" slavery that spans the globe and affects every country including the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

The pope made a highly unusual personal analysis of the case in a letter to Roman Catholic bishops around the globe that was made public Thursday by the Vatican.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Like the story's dreams, the locations hopscotch the globe from the snowy mountains of Canada to the coast of Morocco as well as the streets of Paris, New York and Los Angeles.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"The task of further reductions of strategic offensive weapons is too important, both for Russia and the United States, and for the entire world in fact, to make it hostage of any particular regime anywhere around the globe.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

"And this fired my imagination. I thought,'My gosh, we could do something like that.'" Sir Clem Renouf, then president of Rotary International, convinced Rotarians across the globe to unite against the disease by raising money to fight the virus and by volunteering their time toward that effort.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02