"The challenge of Iran truly today, has been revealed more than ever with their most recent missile test which has a capability of striking to the West as far as southeastern Europe,Turkey, but to the East could strike our allies in Pakistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"I mentioned the killings of journalists and I said that it is a matter of grave concern not just to the United States, but to the people of Russia, and not just to the activists, but to the people who worry that unsolved killings are a very serious challenge to order and to the fair functioning of society.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

The president says the aim is not to punish banks but to protect the larger economy and the American people.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

"I am not the first president to take up this cause," he said "but I am determined to be the last."

VOA: special.2009.09.12

There's no real cure to AIDS. But there is a cure to the landmine issue, and that is removal.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Anti-war activists told them that the war was not being fought to save the Union, but to free Negro slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

But she went to the local public school and sat among the children so she could learn better writing skills.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

But the extent to which TV may or may not be to blame is a question that the study leaves unanswered.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Assured Labor is not charging anyone right now, but the plan is to have employers pay for the service.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

They got Mexico to agree to recognize the independence of Texas, but only if Texas agreed not to join the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

But it led to the development of another art program called the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy on September fifteenth was a shock to the system, but not the only one.

VOA: special.2009.09.18

Once again,he said the war was not a struggle for the Union, but a fight to free the slaves of the south.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

But in addition to the killings, human rights groups say a similar number of female protesters were raped.

VOA: special.2009.10.24