It doesn't mean it's going to be easy. But,I think it can be over the period of time that we're talking about."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

There's no big city within 200 km, but tourists from all over the world manage to find it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

But negotiations broke down last year over Pyongyang's refusal to accept a verification plan for the declaration it made of it nuclear holdings and activities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Both sides in this debate acknowledge the threat of terrorism, but are divided over how to prevent it and how to preserve the country's democratic values.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

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

Japan is the world's second largest economy, but it has suffered more than Over the past year, it has suffered a deep recession, although the economy now appears to be growing slowly now.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

I don't think we know exactly what's going to happen but it's certainly possible that we could get very sluggish growth over the next year or two and possibly even growth could stall out if it doesn't get underway,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.20