And robotic submarines are being used to try to stop the leak -- a process that could take weeks.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Glenn's flight plan called for him to spend most of the first orbit getting used to the feeling of being weightless.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

It is a very old expression. Hot water was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

"For example in Rwanda, where cell phone-based technologies are being used to keep track of dispensation of drugs to patients with H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

"About 85 percent of the average family income is now being used just to buy food to keep a family going."

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

But in certain landfills, including some accepting the BP cleanup, waste,heat and methane gas produced by decomposition are being used to generate energy.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

The same means of communication that were used to speak out are being used by the government as a way of shutting down the opposition.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

In a telephone interview, he described the communiqus as a desperate measure used occasionally by the rebels to portray the region as being in turmoil.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

School is supposed to start in September. But,the agency says 3,700 schools may not be available for classes because they are being used to house 150,000 internally displaced people.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Alston said the United States should explain who is running the program and what precautions are being taken to ensure that these weapons are used within the framework of international law.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"We know that this is already happening in remote clinics, for example in Rwanda, where cell phone-based technologies are being used to keep track of dispensation of drugs to patients with HIV,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Dr.Hope Ferdowsian, director of research policy at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), , says chimpanzees used for HIV and hepatitis research are anaesthetized with a dart gun before being subjected to harmful and invasive procedures.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

But they say things have changed in Afghanistan since then and Secretary Clinton told the audience of mostly students that it makes sense to examine the strategy and tactics being used to achieve those goals.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

As part of the "Hang it up and Keep it Up" campaign, the volunteers not only hang up the nets in the homes but also do follow-up visits to make sure they are being used correctly.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25