"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Both Iraqiya and the Iraqi National Alliance have called for greater transparency in the counting of votes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.12

Protest organizers in Crimea say they are counting on newly elected President Viktor Yanukovych to downplay Ukrainian history and language and to improve ties with Moscow.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Counting of ballots from Saturday's Kurdish elections has begun in earnest.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26