But stuttering tends to run in families, a fact that prompted Drayna and colleagues to search for a genetic link.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

That has prompted a call from the French government for these universities to institute new admissions procedures favoring underprivileged students.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert went on trial on corruption charges that prompted him to resign last year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The Srinagar police chief contends the debate, at least, has prompted more people in Kashmir to oppose this particular expression of resistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

The allegations prompted U.S commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, to order a detailed investigation into the incident.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"The key demand is that we consider that the crisis has been prompted by the fact that the constitution has been violated.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

India's Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, says the country's comfortable foreign exchange reserves prompted the Reserve Bank or RBI to invest in the precious metal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The Kremlin's media grip has prompted several prominent Russian journalists to move their programs to Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

That prompted the central government to dispatch border security and police reserve forces to the area.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

The payment crisis marked a turning point for India's economy as it prompted the government to reverse decades of closed-door, socialist style economic policies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Mudd suspects that increased pressure on the Pakistani Taliban in the form of US drone attacks could have prompted militants to directly target the US.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The criticism prompted the Pakistani government to order a major offensive in late April to regain control of the Swat and other insurgency hit districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Mr.Obama says the change in policy was also prompted by advances in technology, including improvements in land and sea-based interceptors and the sensors that support them.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The public announcement was prompted by the Islamic group's anger over the U.S.killing of wanted terrorist suspect Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in al-Shabab controlled southern Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

That prompted him to help establish a victims' support group in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The group's violent takeover of Gaza in 2007 prompted Israel to impose the blockade.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The leaked report has prompted the American Civil Liberties Union to call on President Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder,to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate the allegations.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

The scene prompted some commentators to recall the bad old days when the AU's predecessor, the Organization of African Unity, was known as the Club of Dictators.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The North Korean move prompted the strongest response from the Japanese delegation.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

However it was the Communists' subsequent failure to secure election of their presidential candidate that prompted a new election in July which brought the pro-western coalition to power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The review was prompted,in part, by a grim assessment from General McChrystal, who is here at the NATO meeting to provide a direct readout to the defense ministers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"And we're seeing very strong growth in subscriptions and subscription revenues." FT's online readers can currently access up to 10 free stories per month before being prompted to subscribe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

That announcement prompted violent street protests by mostly young urban voters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Francisco Ayala was born in Madrid in 1934, a few years before the Spanish Civil War that deeply divided his native country and prompted an exodus of the Spanish elite.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Financial problems and voter registration issues, particularly issues of nationality and voter eligibility, have already prompted Ivory Coast to push back the election several times since current President Gbagbo's mandate ran out in October 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

That prompted a strong protest from China. U.S.military officials deny they bowed to pressure from Beijing and moved the maneuvers from the Yellow Sea, saying the Sea of Japan actually is the most appropriate venue for this drill.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The government's diversity drive for the grandes ecoles has prompted a call by a group of academics for the state to level the playing field in other areas, like offering more housing and scholarships to poorer students attending these institutions.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

It prompted urgent consultations between Clinton's traveling party and officials in Washington and was an issue in the Secretary's day-long set of meetings at the APEC forum, including a bilateral meeting late Wednesday with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada.

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