Thailand's National Health Commission reports that scores of medical specialists have moved from the state system to private health care.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The two State Department officials were allowed to hold a private, unmonitored meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

He adds that,unfortunately, post-Soviet countries, including Russia and Ukraine, have also preserved the Soviet system in which historians are funded by the state, rather than private foundations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

By living at home,they will spend That's half the typical cost at a four-year state school, and a fraction of a private university's Adding room and food charges and fees at renowned universities can boost the bill as high as $50,000 a year!

VOA: standard.2009.12.14

For most of them,everything's rosy. Once dismissed as lowly junior colleges and commuter schools in urban areas where students could walk or take public transit to class, these two-year colleges are attracting tens of thousands of students who would normally enroll in four-year private or state universities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.14