Far below sea level, they contain some of the harshest environments on Earth, with no oxygen and no light.

VOA: special.2010.11.10

Some are very tall. Yet all are below the level of an observer on the edge, looking over.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

They're dispersing. But the other is that they've reached a level of sophistication, in some cases, which is pretty high,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

It is still worse among nations. Ambassador Neumann, who has just published a memoir of his tenure in Afghanistan, says there are different kinds of corruption and that at least some lower level corruption is to be expected.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The report says there has been no change in the extremely poor level of respect for religious freedom in North Korea,where some of the as many as 200,000 people held in political prison camps are reportedly there for religious reasons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The New York meeting co-chaired by President Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was the first summit-level session of the informal Friends of Democratic Pakistan grouping, and it brought together leaders of some 25 countries and organizations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

It also comes in the wake of the Pope's visit, which I think is also setting the groundwork for sort of a cultural dialogue, an attempt to have a new start at the level of symbols and culture and try and erase some of the hostility of the last 8 or 9 years,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.09