On a related issue, spokesman Rupert Colville says the situation of one-quarter of a million displaced Tamils living in internment camps continues to be of great concern.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

China grew at a blistering pace of 10.7 percent in the final quarter of 2009, but the government has since placed curbs on lending to reduce inflation and cool down an overheated economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17