The pact is a modest but important step forward, according to Kingston Reif, at the Washington-based Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jamaa took up arms against al-Shabab more than a year ago, after al-Shabab militants desecrated the graves of revered Sufi clerics.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

But,on Thursday, the 61-year-old Taylor rejected the allegations of a prosecution witness who said Taylor had transported arms to Sierra Leone by road.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

Daryll Kimball,the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association, a private research firm, says President Obama is more skeptical about the missile-defense system.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

Analysts say a key question is whether Russia will continue to insist missile defense be linked to the conclusion of an arms-control agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

That accord mandated by the U.S.Congress is a necessary prerequisite for American aerospace firms to bid on a pending Indian purchase of 126 multi-role fighter jets, potentially the largest-ever arms sale.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

In 2008,the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense, striking down a Washington,D.C.law that banned the possession of handguns in the home.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Steve Andreasen, is a former arms control expert on the National Security Council, "It places limitations on strategic nuclear delivery vehicles - that is long-range bombers and long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles on submarines and based on land.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

U.S.-Venezuelan relations since the populist Mr.Chavez was first elected in 1998 have been increasingly difficult, and he said in Moscow the new arms are to counter a U.S.-Colombian agreement last month under which U.S.forces will have access to several Colombian military bases.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Clinton's comments at a joint press event with the Uruguayan leader were the highest-level expression of U.S.concern thus far about a Venezuelan arms buildup that gained momentum with an announcement this week that the South American state will buy Russian battle tanks and anti-aircraft missiles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15