Human rights activists and an attorney with ties to the case, questioned the constitutionality of holding prisoners for up to six weeks without charge or possibility of bail.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Sierra Leonean law is clear. Anyone who "maliciously" publishes defamatory material could be put in jail for up to three years, whether or not what they have written is true.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

It must have fourteen lines, with three groups of four lines that set up the subject or problem of the poem.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Taking a warm bath or sitting by a fire or doing some exercise can also help the body warm up.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

People who grew up listening to it are now old enough to listen with their own children, or even their grandchildren.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The center of the museum is open, so people can look up toward the roof or down toward the ground floor.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

A huge form that looks like a hill or wave takes up an entire room of the museum.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

They hope that future synthetic cells can make useful bacteria for products like bio-fuels or vaccines, and to clean up polluted water.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

In the last national census, or population count, Hispanics,or Latinos, made up twelve percent of the total population.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

When they were tired or wanted to be held they cried out in tiny voices and reached up with their little arms.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Helen looked straight up at the sky as if a lost memory or thought of some kind was coming back to her.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

Or the British could have been killed by Spanish troops who came up from what is now Florida.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

They do not know why da Vinci painted it, or how it ended up in the collection of French ruler Francis the First.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Many programs cost up to one thousand dollars or more, though some are available for poor families.

VOA: special.2009.09.17