BP's board also confirmed what had been widely predicted in recent days, company's CEO Tony Hayward is stepping aside.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

They set aside other activities, face in the direction of the Muslim holy city of Mecca, and kneel down in worship.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

But in Ankara he said he will set his personal views aside, and let the Turks and Armenians settle the matter themselves.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

Aside from keeping weapons out of the Gaza Strip, one of Israel's goals in mounting the blockade was to pressure Gazans to topple Hamas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Kunda Dixit,editor of Nepali Times, says the three main parties are refusing to step aside because they want a decisive say in the writing of the new constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Aside from the cut in aid, the State Department on Thursday also announced it would revoke the U.S.visas of an unspecified number of Honduran officials, who are backing Zelaya's replacement, Roberto Micheletti.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

BP's losses for the past quarter amount to some $17 billion, due to having to set aside more than $32 billion for costs linked to the oil spill off the U.S.coast in the Gulf of Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

When it was his turn to speak, Mr.Obama said old grievances in the hemisphere should be set aside, replaced by a renewed commitment to expand prosperity, security and freedom in the Americas, with all nations working as equals to confront common challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

There was a pile of bodies next to that. Just to my left, we're passing another area where a number of bodies have been piled, many of them have just been cast aside, some of them are covered in sheets of plastic.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14