But as worldwide demand for compact cars began growing due to rising fuel costs and stricter controls on emissions, manufacturers began to export cars from India.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The law,known as SB 1070 is due to take effect in late July.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

Mr.Abbas has postponed elections indefinitely that were due for January, as some accused him of failing to persuade the Israelis to freeze settlement growth and grant other concessions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

The DA also won control of the Western Cape provincial assembly due largely to public satisfaction with the performance of its leader, Helen Zille, as mayor of Cape Town, the country's second largest city.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

European skepticism about the vaccine comes as the Stockholm-based European Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports the number of deaths in Europe due to the H1N1 virus has been doubling every two weeks since mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

"BP is hugely important to the British economy in general and particularly to private interests and members of pension schemes, most of whom have got exposure to BP just simply due to the size as an institution."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22