In one of his first official actions, he ordered the closure of the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

"The international consensus about maintaining this closure of Gaza has broken down badly and it is no longer sustainable."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

A restaurant association in Mexico City says the closure of businesses there is costing the city $57 million a day.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Engineers say the closure of the Ignalina plant in the town of Visaginas happened on New Year's Eve shortly before midnight local time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

In Ukraine,HIV/AIDS patients and their supporters protested earlier this month against the possible closure of an HIV ward at a hospital in Kiev.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

with the withdrawal from Iraq, the willingness for peace the closure of Guantanamo."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

The Democratic-led Senate voted 90 to 6 to deny the Obama administration the $80 million it sought for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility by early next year.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The country's presumptive new Prime Minister Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama - has called for a review of the bases agreement and the closure of the Futenma facility altogether.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

The closure of the country's nuclear facility comes amid a debate on how to establish a more secure energy future for the European Union, which is heavily dependent on Russian energy supplies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Restaurant and night club owners, and employees have been protesting the closure of their workplaces outside of government offices, arguing that the measures taken to prevent the spread of the virus are depriving them of their livelihood.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"As far as I can tell, everything remains on track for action to be taken with regards to the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility according to the timeline proscribed by the president in the executive order."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Among all workers, the possibility of someone reporting fair or poor health rose forty-four percent after job loss and workplace closure.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The House of Representatives also dropped funding for Guantanamo's closure in its version of the war funding legislation, which passed last week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"UNRWA is helping us." "I remember the first days of the closure when we had no flour, the U.N.gave us flour and food.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Chrysler and GM are under pressure from senators to provide greater support for the dealerships that are facing closure with parking lots full of unsold cars.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats decided to strip the war funding bill of the money for Guantanamo's closure until President Obama has a detailed plan for handling the detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

She says the exhumations will continue, since they are the best way to bring closure to families who have been in doubt for decades about the fate of their family members.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18