The Russian leader also praised U.S.President Barack Obama's recent call for a nuclear-weapons-free world, calling it a "beautiful and right goal."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Emergency founder Gino Strada denounced the detentions of the aid group's three workers, calling it a mafia-style attempt to silence a witness.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

Russia strongly objected to the original plan, calling it a threat to its security.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

A court recently banned the song, calling it a form of hate speech.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

But there's a lot left to discuss on Capitol Hill, with Senate Democrats trying to combine an energy bill with a climate bill and Republicans opposing the idea and calling it an energy tax.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

It had been a long concert. Yet the crowd kept calling for more.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

They are calling it "terrific" and "a masterpiece."

VOA: special.2010.11.26

It was nicknamed Swine Flu, although a few months later public health experts began calling it by its proper name: H1N1.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

State-owned media quote the president as saying he is dissatisfied with this month's global-warming summit in Copenhagen, calling it "a lot of hot air."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"I think it is fair that in calling some of the warlords in her parliament 'dogs' probably wasn't a very popular thing to do.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

The iPhone 4 is faster,thinner, has a longer battery life, and it features video calling.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

The State Department on Thursday stopped short of formally calling Mr.Zelaya's ouster a military coup d'etat, which carries with it harsher aid penalties mandated by Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

In his remarks on Tuesday, President Obama paid tribute to Neda Agha Soltan, the young woman whose shooting death, recorded on a camera phone just after it occurred, was seen worldwide, calling it heartbreaking and fundamentally unjust.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23