The International Organization for Migration says most of Iraq's more than 1.5 million internally displaced people are caught in a vicious cycle of despair.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

Interrupting that cycle was a primary goal of President Obama's massive economic-stimulus package, which he championed almost immediately upon entering the White House.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Skeptics argue,however, that rising temperatures and warmer oceans are part of a natural cycle and are not convinced the changes are a result of man's pollution.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03