But he added that U.S.policies to force change on the island, including an economic embargo, have failed to bring about democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

So now we've said something about the economic change and something about the political change, and next hour, I'll start with the story of the military change that has so many significant consequences. Okay.

这节课我们讨论了经济变革,和政治变革,接下来,我们将会学到军队的变革,及其重要的历史意义,好的,下课

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Grybauskaite told journalists Sunday that the economic tensions show it is time for change in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

World leaders of the top 20 economies are expected to discuss climate change during talks on the global economic downturn next month in London.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"Climate change challenges us all to find a new development paradigm that balances economic growth and long-term prosperity with social progress and ecological sustainability.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

That could be about to change. The government has released a report that details how Australia's well-regulated economic system could cater to the Islamic market.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Marchers from all walks of life were united in their belief that the current global economic system was simply not working and change was urgently needed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Noeleen Hayzer,executive secretary of the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) says climate change remained "the biggest challenge faced by this generation."

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"It certainly seems, that the administration is trying to address issues of human rights a little less, to work more on economic issues, and other global issues such as climate change,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"It creates a societal change, an economic growth, it creates jobs.As the world has become so interconnected, it's provided an opportunity for entrepreneurs no matter where they are to access any market that exists,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"The biggest area of progress is giving Afghans the ability to actually change their own future, through education, through training of teachers, through economic opportunities such as the rehabilitation of the Dahla Dam, restoring agriculture."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who just took office last week, said his country hopes to be a "bridge" for the world as it faces challenges such as the global financial and economic crisis, climate change, nuclear non-proliferation and eradicating poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24