"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

Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, Klevets says she is not giving up on her dream to drive a metro train.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

But,despite the excitement about the case, members of the alleged Russian spy ring did not seem to have accomplished anything.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Mr.Obama says despite the decision to try to keep the pictures under wraps, he will not tolerate the abuse of prisoners.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

Despite lobbying efforts by some organizations to boycott BP gasoline stations, consumers do not appear to be punishing BP.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

A security analyst in Lagos,Patrick Keku, says the government has not paid enough attention to security issues, despite the country's numerous crises.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Despite a string of attacks early Sunday,mainly in Baghdad, insurgents were not able to carry out the massive strikes they had threatened.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

He says relations with most of people here are still good, and he has decided not to use bodyguards, despite tensions following the Bangkok violence.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Kohona told the Bangkok press club that despite harsh criticism of the sentencing from rights groups and the United States, the proceedings were not a sham.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

MDC supporters and activists are arrested on minor charges, while not a single ZANU-PF supporter has been arrested, despite the 150 murders of MDC supporters last year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Clinton said despite the outreach to Burma, the Obama administration is not dropping human rights related sanctions, which include a virtually total U.S.trade ban against that country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The answer is that despite appearances, Cape May is not a wealthy town.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

That said,we're still not going anywhere fast." Despite an $8,000 tax incentive for first time home buyers, sales of existing homes have declined two months in a row.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

But despite that, he said 2009 will not be a good year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

He said despite the encouraging developments, the crisis is not over.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

But here in Warsaw, people were waiting for only one thing -an assurance that despite scrapping Bush-era plans for an antiballistic missile shield, the U.S.had not turned its back on Central Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Recovery has not been easy despite international donations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is not optimistic about his son's release, despite a videotape published on Friday showing for the first time that he is alive and well.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Most electoral observers believe the vote was fair despite irregularities that included security forces at polling stations, some ballot boxes not being properly sealed, and the absence of opposition representatives during some vote counting.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

And today were announcing a commitment over this next decade, which we think of as a decade of vaccines having incredible impact were announcing well spend over $10 billion on vaccines, Despite the amount of the foundations pledge, Gates says its not enough to develop all the vaccines needed in the developing world.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

She gave them a chance to choose," "This is why I am here, this why so many tens of thousands of people are here, because we want to show Saylan we appreciated her, we love her and despite all the work she has done she was treated as a guilty person by the state, and we do not approve of that."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20