human rights investigators applaud moves made by President Barack Obama in pledging to close Guantanamo Bay and stopping the practice of torture and extraordinary rendition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

And Deuteronomy is also something of a loyalty oath, except that the people are pledging their loyalty to a god rather than to a human king.

申命记也是一种忠诚试验，虽然人们是,对神宣誓他们的忠诚而不是对一个人类。

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Because of this,Mr.Brown said Britain is pledging $18 million worth of additional humanitarian aid in the form of food,water, shelter and sanitation that will directed at those being displaced in the northwest.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13