One of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for two thousand fifteen is to reduce death rates in young children by two-thirds.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Many Shakespearian tragedies are about conflicting family loyalties or a character seeking to punish others for the wrongful death of a loved one.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

One friend said: "Margaret Mead was not going to let a little thing like death stop her."

VOA: special.2010.01.17

One wolf had been caught by the heavy feet of the moose and kicked to death.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Twelve thousand parts per million of the gas will cause death in one to three minutes.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

After his son's death, Lincoln decided that one of his purposes was to be an emancipator -- to begin the process of freeing the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

He shot himself to death in nineteen sixty-one, just as his father had years earlier.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

After the mayor's death, a mob went to the hotel where one of Brown's men had been held since he was seized earlier in the day.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Around the world, fans like this one reacted to news of his death.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

His death led to riots in more than one hundred cities.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

Close to 40 years after his death, Louis Armstrong remains one of the most popular figures in jazz.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

It belonged to one of his doctors, and police said they were looking for medications that could be related to Jackson's death.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

That comes to around 3,000 deaths a day or one death every 40 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

One person died in the hospital Sunday, raising the death toll to 294.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

In the United States, the number of confirmed influenza cases continues to rise, but most flu sufferers report relatively mild symptoms, and only one death has been recorded.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03