But a team will be back to compete this year.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

South Korean Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo says North Korea has stepped back from a strident demand it made earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Last year his wife returned to school to study nursing as a back-up to his salary.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

But some experts say it could come back in a third wave early next year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"A year ago I thought the forecast of economists who were saying we'll be back into positive growth territory by the end of the year might be optimistic.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

They were expecting a much stronger intervention by Obama last year,in 2009, when Obama stepped back from his demand for a complete settlement freeze and this led Palestinians to feel betrayed and abandoned."

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

"Clearly with the economy around the world growing again, passenger traffic coming back, cargo traffic coming back, we're in a much better position today than we were last year and as we look forward, we're very optimistic about the future."

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

"Just a back-of-the-envelope calculation shows that in the Philippines, if we in a year can be reaching just five thousand farmers and their fields can be increasing the yield by half a ton per hectare, we could be looking at profitabilities for those farmers in the range of half a million dollars."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28