It would be a rare-face-to-face encounter between diplomats of the two countries, which have not had formal relations in 30 years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Their children began to encounter prejudice in public schools, while the news media often associated Islamic schools with extremist ideologies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Appealing for restraint at a news conference, Clinton said she was encouraged by the calm reaction to the naval encounter and said plans for the long-anticipated Bosworth mission are going forward.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"Most of the fish,shrimp, blue crab they are spawning out in the Gulf right now, and any of those really small larvae fish and crab, is probably going to be killed if they encounter the actual oil spill."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13