But Steven Biddle at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington says there is a bigger problem.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

While scientists were studying the stars and moon to solve the longitude problem, a man named John Harrison was working on another project.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

She told the agency's Executive Board on Monday that the level of action should not be governed by the size of a problem.

VOA: special.2011.01.19

I'm Steve Ember. Germany's attack on Poland and the start of World War Two in Europe presented a problem for Americans in September of nineteen-thirty-nine.

VOA: special.2011.05.12

The launch took place without a problem on March twenty-third,nineteen sixty-five.

VOA: special.2009.06.24

Another problem is access. Connecting informal communities to the city's water pipeline is a challenge because many are living on the land illegally.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Australian Prime Minister Rudd is reported to have proposed a so-called "Indonesia solution" to the problem of escalating illegal boat arrivals on Australian shores.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Kortunov says he doubts the government's campaign will have a real effect on the problem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Director of the University's Human Rights Program Mark Ensalaco says one of the targets of the conference is to shed light on a growing problem in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

But Sow says it's difficult to get adults to change, for example, to stop using pesticides on their tomatoes and other crops, which he says is a persistent problem in the village.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

We know that they are the job creators in this economy,". "And the problem with, I think we are seeing out of the Obama administration, is a lack of focus on how to get things going again."

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"Now,the degree which will have on the peace process and other things which are sort of the hard facts of the Middle East,is something else, altogether,as obviously there is a very serious problem with the Israeli government and so on.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

"Do you see that there may be a problem with Prime Minister Maliki putting on the ballot in the upcoming elections a referendum on that precise question?" "I think a referendum would be more possible if there were a perception that we were not living up to the security agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10