He wanted to express his feelings for the form of the skyscraper while deepening his understanding of architecture, engineering and construction.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

Before he was president, Mister Hoover worked for many years to make the construction of the dam possible.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

On Wednesday, President Abbas' spokesman, Abu Rudeineh welcomed President Obama's criticism of the plans for new construction in Gilo.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

The U.S.has also pledged an additional $10 million for the construction of five new UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Those disagreements center on U.S.calls for Israel to freeze construction on Jewish settlements on lands claimed by the Palestinians.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

Israel has indicated it might agree to a limited freeze, possibly allowing for the completion of thousands of homes under construction.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

"He knows that this suspension of settlement construction is difficult, that it is not easy for anyone;

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months is proof that Israel wants peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

An aide to President Abbas accused the Obama administration of backtracking on its earlier promises to push for a freeze on settlement construction.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

There is existing permission for the construction of up to 40,000 housing units, according to Peace Now, and construction on 600 began this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Last week, Mr.Netanyahu offered to halt Israeli settlement construction in exchange for normalization with Arab states.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The Palestinians say they are hoping for an announcement that Washington will step up the pressure on Israel to halt construction in the settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

And this ship,that we are in, is full of humanitarian aid materials composed of medical,medicine, construction material and very,very much essential needs for Gazan people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Israel has rejected U.S.demands for a total freeze on settlement construction, souring relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

Israel plans to build nearly 700 new apartments in disputed East Jerusalem, defying demands by the United States and the Palestinian Authority for a freeze on settlement construction.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Palestinian officials say the current construction of thousands of Jewish homes will continue for years, creating facts on the ground in territory claimed for a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

The freeze allows for buildings already under construction in West Bank settlements to be completed and does not apply to East Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as their future capital.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Friday's IAEA resolution criticized Tehran for building the secret nuclear enrichment plant at Fordoo, which it disclosed in September, and demanded that it cease construction on the plant immediately.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

People lived on the edge of death." During the frequent droughts, Mohamed Ait Lamine and others left their families to look for work on construction sites in cities far away.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The Israeli Prime Minister's office is not commenting on the plans for expansion, but a statement on Tuesday said construction in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo is nothing new.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Some were buried in family compounds, but many families bring bodies to be buried here because in Kigali's rapid development many homes are being removed to make room for new construction.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

The issue is far from being settled. The United States has called for Israel to freeze settlement construction, but in response Israel insisted the freeze would be time-limited and exclude settlements currently under construction.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The Palestinians claim the West Bank and East Jerusalem as territory for a future state, and they have conditioned a resumption of peace talks on a halt to all Israeli construction in those areas.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The house in Tecun Uman has been at the service of migrants for more than a dozen years, explains Ademar Barilli, a Catholic priest from Brazil, who supervised the construction of the house on the site of what was a city garbage dump.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Despite U.S.demands for Israel to stop or restrain construction of Jewish housing in disputed East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, during the Biden visit Israeli officials announced their approval of construction of 1,600 new Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11