International trade in the world's 20-odd varieties of sturgeon _____ by the United Nations since 1998, after a drastic rise in poaching.

For decades the food industry has been known serving up sugary or fat-laden products, promoted with ceaseless advertising.

_____ are poor observers of their child's behavior so deviant behavior reaches unmanageable proportions.

The number of girls in school and women in parliaments has risen, and their overall access to contraception has improved in the past decade, _____ new report.

After a muscle fiber has worked intensely for while, it begins to lose potassium, and that dampens the fiber's ability to contract.

A no-smoking program has help overweight people reduce their risk of heart attacks or their need for surgery by 63 percent.

The Eiffel Tower was built the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution.

The hospital is now discounting 10 standard operations and _____ , ranging from having a baby and treating a cataract to undergoing a heart bypass.

Apple Computer has unveiled its new desktop computer design, _____ all disk drives and processors into a flat display less than two inches thick

Japan's latitudinal spread, ranging from subtropical in the south to sub-arctic in the north, makes that a wide diversity of flora and fauna.

Greece's achievement in the 2004 Olympics raise anew the question of whether Athens should be the permanent home of the Games.

Crushed ice is use to cool drinks, and is often applied to injuries where there is swelling, to remove excess heat generated in the tissues.

Food is, after all, an important part of Chinese culture and mission controllers say it is important _____ China's space pioneers do not go hungry.

Across the country, recreational and commercial fishers have been pointing fingers for decades over which group is responsible for _____ stocks of sports fish.