But in a recent BBC poll, two-fifths of those questioned said they did not even know why British forces are in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

If so,why am I risking my life for this mission if we are not there to win it?" But more troops alone will not secure Afghanistan,says retired Staff Sergeant Brian McGough.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"People can look at things and be curious about them, but if you are an explorer you want to know why and how and maybe develop an experiment to test the hypothesis."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

That is why I attended today's rally." But many professionals, are cautious about harsher measures or an outbreak of hostilities that would shake investor confidence in South Korea, one of the world's top 15 economies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Mohammed Said Idries, of the Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, says that there are many reasons why the electoral law remains stalled in the Iraqi parliament, but that the quarrel about the identity Kirkuk is one key stumbling block.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Shops are open; people are at work. But many Poles are also asking questions such as why so many of the country's political leaders were traveling on one plane and why, if as Russian authorities say, the pilot ignored warnings against trying to land in poor weather conditions.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

"We believe, based on the investigations, in decisions that we have already taken but there is some coalition based on the criteria that we layout on our order and that is why we are asking the Election Commission or ordered the Election Commission to take this action in term of the order in a recount."

VOA: standard.2009.09.08