In California,a federal judge is studying the evidence in a trial over a ban against same-sex marriage in that state.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

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

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

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Clinton said despite the outreach to Burma, the Obama administration is not dropping human rights related sanctions, which include a virtually total U.S.trade ban against that country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The ban applies to a type of transaction known as "naked short-selling."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Mister Ban, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Haitian President Rene Preval led a conference of donors at the U.N.Wednesday.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The ban in the UAE could affect half a million BlackBerry users while Saudi Arabia has about seven hundred thousand users.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

Al-Shabab recently ended a ban on airlifts, but a UNICEF spokeswoman, Shantha Bloemen, says there are no guarantees.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

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

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Some lawmakers are proposing to renew a former ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, like what the gunman had.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

In the year and a half before the ban, hospitals had 399 admissions for heart attacks.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

On Tuesday, its officers accepted a decision by FINA members to ban high-tech swimsuits next year.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

But United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the Copenhagen Accord is only a beginning.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

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

VOA: special.2010.06.07

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

VOA: special.2010.01.19

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

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Wisconsin passed a comprehensive ban that will take effect in July of next year.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

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

VOA: special.2009.08.31

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

VOA: special.2011.02.19

North Carolina passed a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars;

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Southerners believed he would support a constitutional ban on slavery.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

But it has not suggested a ban.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

Wearing them probably just for fun,". The ban includes a number of exemptions for artists,educators and collectors of communist relics.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

The announcement of a ban on BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates is having a chilling effect on sales.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

In a statement,U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "deep disappointment" with the verdict and said he "strongly deplores" the decision.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

The proposal would declare bluefin tuna so endangered that a ban on international trade in the fish is required.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

India has also threatened a ban. Critics say these governments are using concerns about terrorism to increase their political control.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Randall Singer, professor at epidemiology at University of Minnesota After the congressional hearing, he says a ban could do more harmthan good.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21