The storm struggled agaist the light house with thousands different noises.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

This took place as police scuffled with thousands of protesters, who had taken to the streets of central London to demonstrate for and against a variety of causes - from anti-war and anti-poverty to pro-environment and pro-jobs and better housing.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

A national team led by two doctors at the University of California, Davis,studied hospital records from thousands of children with head injuries.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

Only one Asian carp was found among many thousands of fish killed with poison while part of the fence was being serviced.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

The two withdrawals followed problems with the nomination of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner who also had failed to pay thousands of dollars in taxes.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

This nest is made up of thousands of pieces of bamboo tied together with the kind of brightly colored rope usually used by mountain climbers.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

The boys usually win." In Washington,D.C., thousands of people will attend a concert with performances by musicians including Reba McIntire, Darius Rucker and Gladys Knight.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

They organized huge outdoor meetings for thousands, with food and drink for all.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

His men returned with reports that thousands of Indians were waiting to attack.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Thousands of celebrities use the service to connect with their fans.

VOA: special.2011.02.07

And I'm connected with hundreds actually I think maybe thousands of health care professionals or people with an opinion on health care or doctors or others who are constantly posting things to do with what's going on in health care."

VOA: special.2009.09.14

And she hopes her celebrity and advocacy will help the thousands struggling with mental disorders realize they are not alone.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

Thousands of Egyptians helped out with the organization of this three-week event as volunteers and members of the local organizing committee.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

But now with social networking, Iranians can gather by the thousands on a Facebook group, or communicate using Twitter.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

But the United Nations refugee agency said Friday that figure misses the tens of thousands of people who stay with friends and relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Authorities say thousands of people remain stranded in villages with food and fuel running low.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

She says children in the camps are better off than the tens of thousands of children who are living with family and friends in host communities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

With the trains not moving, thousands of passengers are stuck where they are.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

Tens of thousands of disgruntled workers spilled into Greek streets on Wednesday, registering their discontent with government austerity measures to control Greece's spiraling public deficit and debt.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Security consultants say a foreigner gets kidnapped, on average,once every other month in the country, with ransom payments for their release reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Fambul Tok has helped thousands of people in the war-battered south and east of Sierra Leone come to terms with what happened there over a decade of violent conflict.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Critics say that a growing Taliban insurgency across Afghanistan combined with an increase of thousands of new foreign troops has intensified fighting in Afghanistan leading to more civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Elsewhere,doctors are struggling to treat thousands of injured with limited resources.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

To make matter worse,according to Sosa, the government has fired thousands of technicians from the state-owned oil company,PDVSA and replaced them with workers whose primary qualification is their loyalty to President Chavez.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"Thousands of people gathered around the Siriraj area with the same feeling in our hearts for to humbly ask His Majesty the king to return to the healthy situation as soon as possible,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

"And,in south Sudan it is getting worse. In DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo, we are well familiar with challenges in the eastern part of the country, where we still have thousands and thousands of people on the move.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04