The statement expressed appreciation for international humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe but made no mention of sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

North Korea's prime minister Kim Yong Il,told Mr.Wen that Pyongyang is open to nuclear talks, but made no specific endorsement of the six-party formation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

President Obama said he will continue to seek common ground and listen to serious proposals, but made clear he will have little patience for continuing distortions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

But Apple made the biggest news when it announced that it would offer its own digital tablet this year.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

But Jim White made it his life's work to make sure the public would see and enjoy the cavern.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

But they also made it clear that they are willing to act alone, if necessary, to pass a health care bill.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

But President Obama made it clear Monday that he wants to limit the intervention in what some now call "Government Motors."

VOA: special.2009.06.05

But the social gains that minorities made in the nineteen sixties and seventies led the way to shows like "The Jeffersons."

VOA: special.2009.05.04

Shakespeare may have borrowed from other writers, but the intensity of his imagination and language made the plays his own.

VOA: special.2010.01.13

But they are made out of basketball shoes that the artist cut and changed to make his art.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

But those observations were made years ago and NASA scientists had not trusted the results without clear confirmation.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

It was still the American West, but men like John Slaughter made sure it was no longer wild.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

But he said the voting made it clear, in his words, "that the future of Iraq belongs to the people of Iraq."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

But Cole made a clear case for creating a new art for the new land of America.

VOA: special.2009.05.01