His coach later said he would urge Phelps not to compete internationally until the ban takes effect next year.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

On a separate issue, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week criticized international efforts by Islamic countries to ban anti-religious speech.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

But U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the targets are too far in the future and that more needs to be done sooner.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

This week,U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent his top aide to press for an end to the Sri Lankan conflict.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The W.H.O.is calling on those governments to ban tobacco advertising to the fullest extent possible and to do more to protect women.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

In recent years there has been a strong push for local and state governments to ban public smoking.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Rachel Carson did not live to see how her book influenced the governments decision to ban DDT.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

Recently,Wyclef travelled to Haiti with former President Bill Clinton and United Nations SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon .

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Some have called for journals to identify ghostwritten articles and ban their authors from future publication.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Since the nineteen eighties, several libraries and parents' groups have tried to ban her books.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

But both he and U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the agreement provides a hopeful beginning.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

Mrs.Obama says her idea is not to ban fun foods from a child's life.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

In a similar period starting 18 months after the ban, the number was 237.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

More than 20 of the 50 American states ban smoking in public places.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Thirty of the fifty states have changed their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

He and his team are calling for a worldwide ban on lead-based paint.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

They were armed, in violation of a town ban against carrying guns.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Security forces fired on the mourners, who were disobeying a protest ban.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

But it is hard to enforce the ban in many places.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

We will tell about an agreement to ban nine dangerous chemicals.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

Southerners believed he would support a constitutional ban on slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

For example, some countries ban speech that could incite hatred.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

And,they hope to ban its use by two thousand ten.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

They wanted to ban slavery everywhere in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

But the ban does not limit access on other computers.

VOA: special.2009.09.14