Witnesses said a hospital in the capital collapsed, a luxury hotel in Petionville had sustained major damage and many other buildings were destroyed.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

Analysts say it remains to be seen whether the Palestinians' unilateral effort to get a U.N.security endorsement of a Palestinian state will be sustained or is no more than a publicity stunt meant to get Israel to make concessions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"More alarmingly,WHO estimates if the combined effect of decreased financial and political commitment were to be sustained or continued, this could result to a return of a half a million measles deaths each year by 2012, wiping out the gains made over the past 18 years."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21