They've been called in to assist US ground troops. A helicopter gunner asks for permission to fire.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

With the family in a dire situation, the woman had to ask her husband and mother-in-law for permission to sell the tapestries and crafts she could produce.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Florence Joplin also got permission for her son to use a piano in one of the houses she cleaned in Texarkana.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Students who violate the terms of their visa - for example, by working off-campus without permission - could be sent home.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Officials needed permission from all of the other Formula Three racers for the biodiesel WorldFirst car to compete.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

Henrietta Lacks did not give her permission for the cells to be taken from her tumor.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association gave permission for teams to wear the color pink to honor Coach Yow's work in educating people about breast cancer.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

Terrafugia got permission for that last month from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

VOA: special.2011.07.11

Smith said God gave permission for Mormons to have more than one wife.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

He asked Congress for immediate permission to do that.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

But when Mr.Taylor reached the border, he was arrested for violating the terms of his asylum by trying to travel outside Nigeria without permission.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

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

Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial for violating the terms of her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American man to stay over without official permission.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

On their websites, Mr.Moussavi and Ayatollah Karroubi urged supporters to go ahead with the planned "silent memorial", despite being refused permission for the gathering by Iran's interior ministry.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Aung San Suu Kyi is now on trial for allowing an uninvited guest to stay in her house without official permission and is expected to be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Human Rights Council in Geneva. He has been the Special Rapporteur for North Korea since 2004, but has never been granted permission to enter the country and has not received cooperation from the country's government.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

On January 24, Pope Benedict lifted the excommunication of British-born Richard Williamson and three other bishops to try to heal a 20-year-old rift that began when they were thrown out of the Church for being ordained without the permission of Pope John Paul II.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12