Officials initially blamed "insurgent activity" for the casualties, but later said it was possible the soldiers were hit by friendly fire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

A company manager tells VOA that GM expects to lose money initially, but hopes to make the Volt profitable in future years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Virginia Democratic Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia was initially a supporter of the war in Afghanistan,but no more.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

that 'we tried initially, during the first three years of Gorbachev's tenure, to improve the system accelerate it but keep it intact.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Authorities initially blamed the women, but witnesses and the family said the LUKoil car was to blame.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

He initially supported U.N.intervention but worries that East Timor is becoming too dependent on outside help.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Al-Zaidi was initially sentenced to three years behind bars, but the term was later reduced, and he was granted additional time off for good behavior.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

But many news organizations initially overlooked it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

"We will get some vaccine at the beginning of the fall we won't be able to vaccinate everybody initially, so we'll be identifying priority groups, but because we had advance contracts for vaccine we'll get very big supplies through the fall and winter,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.31