Mr.Taylor's trial was moved to The Hague because of concerns that his supporters might disrupt proceedings held in West Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Mr.Obama has lost popularity in Israel because of American pressure to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

should Russia buy in the West because its own industry cannot do it, or should the country somehow try to manage on its own?

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The Palestinians say the Israeli move is insufficient because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem or 3,000 homes already under construction in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The nation remains suspended from both the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States because of Captain Camara's coup, which followed the death of long-time leader Lansana Conte.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

"The challenge right now is that our emergency pre-positioned supplies were running quite low because the response in West Java was in progress still and that quake had just happened a few weeks ago,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

But the Palestinians say the freeze is not enough to revive U.S.-sponsored peace talks because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem and some 3,000 Jewish homes already under construction in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He also is a commercial crabber and fisherman. He says if the shut down continues on the east side of the Mississippi, Louisiana's' seafood industry will survive,because 70 percent of the state's fish and shellfish come from the west side of the river.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

An expert on nuclear proliferation at the RAND Corporation in the United States, Brian Jenkins,says because of its proximity to Somalia and its close ties to the West, Kenya is vulnerable to the worst-case scenario, where an al-Qaida terrorist unleashes a "dirty bomb" in Nairobi causing the death of thousands.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01