But he says the education system is "falling short" and "countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow."

VOA: special.2009.07.30

So I set out on a journey to see his buildings and to find whatever was left of him out there."

VOA: special.2011.07.24

Then they rubbed the clothes on flat pieces of wood, squeezed out the water and hung each piece to dry.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

He says that in Prague he will lay out a plan to seek the goal of a world without nuclear weapons.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

As the pirates spread out searching for hostages, the crew was even able to capture one of the Somalis.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

The Pacific Rim, especially areas in China and Japan, they've run out of wood, but we have an abundance of it."

VOA: special.2011.07.22

So on Valentine's Day she might go out to dinner with one of them or babysit for her grandchildren.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

He fled with his mother on the last public flight out of the country before the overthrow of the government.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

And she was always filmed so that her part could be cut out for versions shown in the American South.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Israel says the purpose is to keep weapons out of Gaza and to prevent rocket fire into the Jewish state.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

The writers say microfinance is one of the important tools for empowering women and lifting them out of these conditions.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

But they could not rule out the possibility of a smaller effect similar to that seen earlier for strokes.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

He says international tests show that the United States is performing twenty-fifth out of thirty developed countries in science education.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

This law kept slavery out of the northern part of the territory which the United States bought from France.

VOA: special.2009.05.14