Moscow has vehemently protested the NATO exercises as inappropriate, because of continuing tensions following the conflict last August between Georgia and Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

"As we're following the timber flow through countries like Singapore,Malaysia,Taiwan and China and back into the United States or Japan and European Union countries."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

But Nye says the choices made by Mikhail Gorbachev following his 1985 appointment as general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party hastened the collapse.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

As Kyrgyz businesses cleanup after looters, they also brace for a downturn following the revolt.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

But the Obama administration says it wants to scrap the program, known as Constellation, following an independent panel's finding that NASA lacks the resources to see it through.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Five years ago,he won 96 percent of the ballots cast, following a popular movement known as the "Rose Revolution" that forced the resignation of the incumbent, Eduard Shevardnadze.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Analysts say nationalistic tensions remain high as Macedonia has been struggling to find its own identity since becoming an independent nation in 1991, following the break up of Yugoslavia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

"This is a very important event." "And it's actually following the guidance that WHO already gave out where we suggested that countries should actually stop using antibiotics as growth promoters."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

The level of criticism has reached new heights in the weeks following the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet as it was preparing to land in Detroit,Michigan.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

(SAYING) One article in the journal reports that while older adults are less likely to receive chemotherapy following colon surgery, they tolerate it better than younger patients and don't get as sick from the therapy.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Experts say the two sides also will discuss a host of other issues, including arms control after the recent signing of the New START Treaty, what to do about Iran following tougher United Nations sanctions, as well as trade and economic questions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"But Alzheimer's affects a number of spheres as well, including language,someone's ability to participate in conversation following conversations,as well" He adds that current treatments focus on improving memory, language capabilities and the ability to participate in family activities to put some enjoyment back into lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"In terms of foreign policy where Iran comes in, all three parties are following the same interventionist policies which gave us the Iraq war, the wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world and I think on that even the Liberal Democrats - despite being perceived as softer - they're following the same underlying policies.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30