The press and other sources,he notes, speculated that the sentence could have been seven years or more, so three years is not all that bad.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"As we always have said Afghanistan is a victim of terrorism, but the sources of the terrorists and their sanctuaries are on the other side of the border,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

and Lila wanted to offer serious non-fiction, condensed from other sources.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

"Because it's happening so quickly, they haven't had time to adapt and change, if you imagine a climate changing over hundreds of thousands of years, bears and other animals would gradually move into other habitats,but because this is going to happen over decades, it will be too fast for them to adapt and look for other food sources,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.13