The United States is proposing a big conference on Afghanistan and wants to invite Iran, one of its neighbors.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The song is about leaving the big city for the countryside, going home again after a long time away.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

So Los Angeles is sometimes called The Big Orange because of the fruit that grows in that city's warm climate.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

One of the big issues to discuss is how and when to reduce deficits and economic growth measures as conditions improve.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

The other big problem with using human blood for making these blood agar plates is that they're actually not accurate."

VOA: special.2009.08.03

A big part of this prediction is based on signs that the housing market is beginning to improve.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

This is a big change from earlier models where NASA led and controlled the development of space vehicles.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Conservation groups criticized the move, saying the cut is not big enough to support the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

But today at the shelter, there is one very little dog with a big job ahead of her.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Bloggers have had fun pointing out that "1984" is largely about censorship the suppression of information in a society led by Big Brother.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

The adult Galapagos tortoise clearly is too big for a trip hundreds of kilometers across the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

The aim is to find a way to let big financial companies fail without harming the economy.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

It's also an escape. A big problem we have in the neighborhood is obviously gangs,and family dynamics.

VOA: special.2010.11.04