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

VOA: special.2009.06.16

But it has not suggested a ban.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

Mustafa argues that whatever the original point of the ban, it has been so widely violated as to become meaningless.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Twenty-four-year-old Lukasz Pawlowski says he agrees with the ban, if only because it protects the feelings of older Poles.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Mr.Ban said the United Nations would ask the Afghan government to provide it with strengthened security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Mr.Ban dismissed the scandal, saying he did not think it would affect the negotiations in Copenhagen.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Japan says it is urging European countries that export bluefin tuna to also oppose a ban.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder has voiced support for reinstating the assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, saying it would be beneficial to both the United States and Mexico.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

In its 1973 "Roe versus Wade" decision, the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that individual states may not ban abortion, but it did not end the political battle over the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17