For much of the past century there were average global increases of 1.7 millimeters a year, but that rate doubled between 1993 and 2007.(мظ) Some regions, notably Western Australia have suffered more than others, partly,scientists say, because of how gravitational pull affects tides.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"A lot of these regions, being a coastal province, we have some of the world's best shellfish and fishing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

He says his squadron is a reassuring presence in some of the country's most dangerous regions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.27

Some mountainous regions benefit from hydropower. Less than four percent of the nation's electricity demand is met with renewable sources like solar and wind power.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The New York Times reports some Taliban and al-Qaida leaders have fled south from the tribal regions to Baluchistan - Pakistan's largest and least populated province.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

"What we were able to find was that within a centimeter, around less than an inch,certainly, and probably half an inch, there were different regions perhaps they overlap some but they were doing, at different times, different processes, all within this small area,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Now that the decision has been made to move forward with what the review called an "integral" part of U.S.defenses, the second ranking U.S.military officer, General James Cartwright, says the American military commands will spend some time figuring out how to use the various aspects of the system in their regions.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26