"It seems as if permits were too often issued based on little more than assurances of safety from the oil companies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

Grand says if they were to make the cloth now, it would be twice as expensive as buying it from outside.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Somalia could get some relief from the drought in the coming weeks, if El Nino storms move through East Africa as expected.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

That saves them from losing their money if the car is eventually impounded by authorities as part of the ongoing crackdown on stolen vehicles called Operation Gbanda.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"As a union we have been smelling a rat, because if this money was from the donor community, we knew that the money was coming in good time.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Unfortunately the response from Israel was an announcement to build 1,600 houses in East Jerusalem, as if it was a response to our support for the proximity talks."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"We're trying to educate these people that even if they identify as Hispanic, they still come from a very rich heritage and cultural background which is their indigenous part."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"If you look from the Arab side of the view, the Arabs are as concerned if not more about the Israeli perceived nuclear weapon program as Israeli is perceived about the Arabs,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"What it means,if you look at what they are really advocating, is basically withdrawing state funding from public services such as schools and police forces, and really just asking people to do more by themselves."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

Representative Donald Payne, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, said further violence can be avoided only if Somalis from all three regions of the country come together: "As we gather today many Somalis continue to be displaced, maimed and killed.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"It has become increasingly clear that Tony Blair misled parliament on more than one occasion and I think that MPs were invited to make their own judgment on the merits of the case for war and they were entitled to do so on the truth and it looks very much as though that the truth was withheld from parliament and many MPs may well have made a different decision if they had had the full unvarnished truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"Even if President Obama,tomorrow, returns what remains of the Iranian assets, if President Obama condemns Israel, if President Obama withdraws all American forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, and if the United States announced that they recognize Iran as the most powerful player in the Middle East, Mr.Khamenei will bring some more excuses to prevent the resumption of talks and relations between the two countries, because "death to America" is something which extends the regime's life,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.21