President Mohamed Nasheed and 11 of his government ministers, plus the vice president and Cabinet secretary, donned scuba gear and plunged six meters below the shimmering turquoise surface of an Indian Ocean lagoon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

All the bodies have been recovered from the charred remains of the Air India plane that caught fire after it overshot the runway and plunged down a cliff Saturday in the southern Indian city of Mangalore.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

The onslaught of worrisome news is creating an investor climate similar to a brief panic that erupted on May 6, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by 1000 points before bouncing back later in the day, according to UBS Financial Services market analyst Art Cashin.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20