The U.S.State Department says several of the prisoners were in poor health.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

According to a statement from Lieberman's office, he said U.N.forums give an automatic anti-Israel majority to countries with poor human rights records such as Cuba,Bangladesh, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

So development must take place,". U.S.officials have also called for more development in Pakistan's poor western regions, but powerful Taliban militant groups and ongoing violence have largely stalled significant projects.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"Its really because of what Bill and I have seen thats been possible the amazing life-saving advances of this technology of vaccine and the success of the GAVI Alliance and what theyve really done the last 10 years, She says there used to be much lag time between the time a vaccine appeared in the U.S.or Europe and the when they became available in poor countries.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29