Ayatollah Khamenei, during a Wednesday speech, retracted previous charges that opposition leaders were being backed by foreign powers.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

But for the time being,investors, both domestic and foreign, are undeterred by such worries, and are putting their faith in the Indian economy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

This was the fourth of six matches being played in this special round-robin tournament in the United States featuring four top foreign clubs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

Rashid Abdi says the bombing has convinced many ordinary Somalis that al-Shabab is increasingly being controlled by foreign fighters, who have no regard for Somali lives.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

This year,when you have two-thirds being pessimistic about American foreign policy, you have a larger percentage saying maybe it will be better if Iran has nuclear weapons."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"A lot of groups want to send a strong message to foreign governments by targeting foreign nationals who are operating in the country the strategy being to convince the general public of coalition nations that their armies and armed forces should not be in Afghanistan,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10