These changes may interfere with brain activity that suppresses pain.

VOA: special.2011.05.03

is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

"We found that physical activity was effective in controlling weight only among women who started off with a normal BMI."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

You know that farming is a private sector activity. Investors have the right to go and negotiate with farmers."

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"And if you look at the lifestyle and eating style, they balance their physical activity with their calorie intake."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Reva Bhalla,a Middle East analyst with the private intelligence firm Stratfor, says the Iranian government is angry over U.S.and British covert activity in Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The U.N.Fund for Population Activity says more than 600,000 African women already suffer from obstetric fistula with as many as 30,000 new cases each year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"He threatens with unilateral steps," "Do you think that settlement activity is bilateral?

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Yahya Kane is a program specialist with the U.N.Fund for Population Activity.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

So working with the government of Morocco,we are hoping to really help to see blossom a lot more economic activity at the lower levels that will then from the bottom-up build prosperity,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"The message is if you are not going to be clean and sincere, if you are going to engage in criminal activity, if you are going to cooperate with the Taliban, we will hold you accountable."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Last week saw positive U.S.economic news, with increases in home sales and housing prices, a jump in manufacturing activity, a drop in new jobless claims, and a new growth figure showing the economy shrinking far less than had been anticipated.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

The U.N.Fund for Population Activity and the World Health Organization are working with national ministries of health in a global campaign to end fistula that now covers more than 40 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia,and the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"When we plotted the circuits in the brain against their childhood lead blood lead levels, we found that those with a higher blood lead measurement had less activity in the part of the brain normally left to do the attention tasks,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.19