They promised to protect each other from the growing threat they saw from another former ally, the Soviet Union.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

There is an increased threat of infection and disease from polluted waste, and from eating fish that swallowed waste.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The World Health Organization estimates that more than three billion people live in areas where malaria is a threat.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday declared carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a threat to public health.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

Now there is worry about a new threat headed in their direction in the wind a fungus that destroys wheat crops.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

The UAE says the services are a threat to national security because government officials cannot access or monitor users' information.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

One issue related to that fight is how to deal with the growing threat of terrorism from within the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

They're not a threat, they're threatened. And you also can reach out to them in your own way.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Defense Secretary Gates says short- and medium-range missiles are now the more immediate threat to American forces in Europe and to allies.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Another threat biologists have been battling for years in the Everglades is the area's population of Burmese pythons.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

The Obama administration now faces the earthquake relief effort in Haiti and the threat of terrorism at home.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

In two thousand eight Norway opened a so-called doomsday vault designed to be secure from any threat -- even an asteroid strike.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

The end of his first one reads like poetry as he appeals for unity in a country under threat of civil war.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

What remains unclear is how far this can go before the government reacts to it as a threat.

VOA: special.2010.06.18