Although a major oil producer, Iran must import most of its gasoline because of a lack of refining capacity, creating what U.S.lawmakers have long seen as a crucial point of leverage with Tehran over its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

She says APEC members need to learn what works in free trade agreements as they move toward creating an APEC-wide deal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

you talk about genetically modifying organisms and creating chimeras and managing to integrate different species: that's already happening, but you don't know what is possible and what's to come.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

"Think of it this way: through the new FCL, we are creating contingent liabilities - our insurance policies - and against that, we need contingent assets, and that is what the $500 billion is going to be.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22