"This is really tragic on a global scale, there's really major neglect about hepatitis B.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Large scale cyber assaults against Chechnya and Georgia preceded Russia's military actions there.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

So it's a very recent human disease in the evolutionary scale."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Donors have agreed to scale back. But experts say donors can help the needy and a nation's farmers if they buy food for humanitarian aid locally rather than importing it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

He says that's not fair. "Whether it's gay marriage, whether it's making changes in the community or making changes on a broad scale - if I'm a citizen of the United States, it affects me as well."

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

The author acknowledges that after nine years of large-scale U.S.military involvement in the Middle East, and with the nation's economic difficulties bearing down on them, many Americans feel the temptation to pull the U.S.strong horse out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Earlier Friday, BP's incoming CEO Bob Dudley, said it is time to scale down the vast operation to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but he stressed his company's commitment to fully restore the environment.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

How do you scale this whole thing up to a billion people," The project's main aim is to help improve the delivery of inefficient public services and cut corruption, which the government admits results in siphoning off benefits intended for the underprivileged.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24