In the fourteenth century, ships that arrived in Venice,Italy, from areas infected with bubonic plague had to stay outside port for forty days.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Arthur's honesty had been questioned when President Hayes removed him as Collector of Taxes for the port of New York.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

But the oil is processed and exported -- at least for now -- from Port Sudan in the north.

VOA: special.2011.01.08

Then he made Conkling even angrier by appointing one of Conkling's political enemies Collector of Taxes for the port of New York.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Under the proposed agreement, fishing boats would be directed to a landing port specially equipped for inspections.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

It is a holding company for businesses in land development, port operations, energy and financial services.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

A navigator is responsible for guiding a ship safely from one port to another.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

" And "left" is "port." Sailors also are responsible for many colorful English expressions.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Nineteen-year-old Cimeau Cassandra is one of several students from Port-au-Prince whose schools are now closed and who have come to Mirebalais to register for classes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

When the earthquake ravaged Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, an estimated 600,000 people fled for the countryside.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

In a neighborhood in northern Port-au-Prince the line for clean water was long.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

Interpol says thousands of luxury cars stolen in Belgium,France, and Japan enter Cameroon's port of Douala each year, many bound for buyers in neighboring Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

They have nothing. They are just hoping for something,". Asked about the security situation in Port-au-Prince, U.S.General Ken Keen noted that gang activity and lawlessness existed in Haiti before the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

For now, the people need food to eat,". Local Port-au-Prince Boy Scouts have come to help, but they are waiting for a tent and supplies before they can assist those in need.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Life remains hard for many in Port-au-Prince.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Allyn says U.S.troops so far are handling security only for their own operations including establishing facilities on shore near the town of Leogane, west of Port-au-Prince, where a Marine Expeditionary Unit began to arrive Tuesday morning.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19