Bobo Simbo stands thigh-high in a pool of orange water, sifting the mud for traces of gold dust.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

Witnesses say the Taliban allowed villagers to drain the tankers after the vehicles became stuck in the mud during an attempt to drive them across a river.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The mud swept away homes, cars and anything else in its path.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

(Choral Music) Reverend John Hall the Dean of Westminster, began the ceremony "We remember with grief the gas and the mud,the barbed wire, the bombardment, the terror,the telegram, and with gratitude the courage and sacrifice.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

The BP company pumped heavy drilling fluids,known as mud, into the top of its damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

Over the years, the group has made stoves using mud,bricks,sheet metal,clay, ceramics and old oil drums.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

And I can see that something else died there in the bloody mud,and was buried.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

So,twenty-three huge containers of tar,clay and mud were removed from the area for research.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

The roofs were also mud. A wagon repair shop and blacksmith barn stood nearby.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

The walls were made of local limestone and bricks of sun-dried mud called adobe.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Heavy spring rains had turned the dirt roads into rivers of mud.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Dozens of houses on the outskirts of the Sicilian city were swept away or flattened by heavy rain and mud.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

One woman says they are dying because the river of mud is in front of their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The flood waters, carrying mud and debris, coursed down the mountain slopes of Ladakh, causing widespread damage in the region's main city,Leh, and surrounding villages.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Passing through the Navajo Nation, one sees tiny,isolated cabins and a few traditional hogans, which are log-and mud structures whose doorways face the morning sun.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

The first trap shows no signs of oil, only mud stirred up by recent storms.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

"I even built a hole in my backyard, took mud that came out of that hole and made a clay oven to bake the bread."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

BP says a more complete solution is needed. The next step is to try to pump mud and other materials to the sea floor and block the well.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

The rainstorms that hit Messina in northeast Sicily unleashed rivers of mud.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

But Havens says that for those three muddy days at Woodstock, politics and activism took a back seat to peace, love and cheerfully dealing with the rain and mud.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

I want to see you back at the end of this trip covered in mud!'" Other dads in Feiler's Council of Dads include the man who helped Feiler get published back when he was an unknown writer.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

"Our anticipation is that it will be another seven to ten days to complete all of the preparations that we need to exercise this option and then at that point, we'll pump the kill mud and hopefully have this well killed, and well shut off, and the flow shut off."

VOA: standard.2010.05.17