If anything,voters seemed to embrace the election as a show of defiance against insurgent violence.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Lawmakers finalizing Ahmadinejad has said the U.S.foreign relations budget for the next two years cited the test as yet another example of defiance by Tehran that they said further highlights the need to support Israel's missile defense system.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

North Korea on Monday exploded a nuclear device and tested a series of missiles in defiance of the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

"Israel,the Israeli government, continues its defiance of the international community, the American administration's calls to stop settlement activities including natural growth,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Iran is already in defiance of repeated Security Council demands that it stop enriching uranium.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

"That is the conflict between the powers in Honduras and the defiance of the president of rulings by the Supreme Court and rulings by the Congress and those do need to be dealt with,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.03