On a related issue, spokesman Rupert Colville says the situation of one-quarter of a million displaced Tamils living in internment camps continues to be of great concern.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The Times reported that the closing series that day "must be one of the great shows of rock and roll history."

VOA: special.2009.08.10

They feared that the duties and problems of the presidency would be too great for him to deal with.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

And if he could bring great players to New York, they'd be worth a lot of money to him."

VOA: special.2010.07.26

That way,there would be "two great American national festivals," she said, the other being Independence Day on the Fourth of July.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

At the end of the day, even President Obama admitted that differences between the two sides may be too great for compromise.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

"Interacting with the puppy's going to be great.I guess,you know, it will give me that feeling of closeness.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

The longer the wait, experts say,the more likely that the risks of treatment will be too great.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

"It's a great honor to be included as one of the recipients of the two thousand and eight Cable Television Hall of Fame."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

It will be the Christian men to whom God in his great wisdom has given the control of the property interests of this country."

VOA: special.2010.08.12

The father of the family has to be respected as a figure of great strength.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

But this is the great danger America faces -- that we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups, each seeking to satisfy private wants.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

It was enough to be in the presence of this great anchor I so admired, and to realize he was not above having a beer at the end of a very long broadcast with low-level support people.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

OSSIE DAVIS: "Baseball should be taken seriously by the colored player -- and in this effort of his great ability will open the avenue in the near future wherein he may walk hand in hand with the opposite race in the greatest of all American games -- baseball."

VOA: special.2009.04.05