The World Health Organization says hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are affected by mental,behavioral,neurological or substance use disorders.

VOA: special.2010.04.13

The observance is organized by a conservation group, the World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as the World Wildlife Fund.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

The World Health Organization says one in three women around the world will experience some form of violence in their lifetime.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

The World Health Organization says Africa is behind other parts of the world in treating H.I.V./AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Now his work has earned him the World Food Prize from the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines,Iowa.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Today,the gunfight at the OK Corral brings visitors from all over the world to the small town of Tombstone.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Hundreds of millions of people in the United States and around the world will watch the show on television.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

The World Health Organization says mosquitoes carry organisms that cause disease and death for millions of people throughout the world.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.

VOA: special.2011.03.08

They were both concerned about the results of their discoveries that led the world into the Nuclear Age.

VOA: special.2009.06.14

An organization called the World Future Society publishes a yearly report about how technology, the economy and society are influencing the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

Health experts say cancer will become the leading cause of death in the world by the year 2010.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Carlo Urbani was the first doctor to warn the world of the disease that became known as SARS.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

This week,we tell about the biggest system of freshwater lakes in the world, the Great Lakes between the United States and Canada.

VOA: special.2009.11.11