"So despite all of what is going on in the world the global financial crisis instead of investors pulling back, investors are continuing to come to us here in Liberia,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an address Saturday despite the new administration's slogan of change, there has been no sign of genuine change in what he termed hostile U.S.policies toward Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Despite what he calls overblown fears of a double-dip recession, Cardillo predicts the U.S.economy will grow between two and a half to three percent for the second half of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

Despite what he sees as a failure of the global community to come to an agreement at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December, McKibben says international cooperation on climate change is critical.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21