Today's news anchors could only hope for such recognition.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Last year,President Obama revived a long-standing request for Saudi Arabia to move towards recognition of Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Palestinian leaders have said they would seek statehood recognition from the U.N.Security Council for an area comprising the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

"Optimal health and health care for all children will require recognition of disparities as pervasive problems, methodological sound disparity studies, and rigorous evaluation of disparities intervention."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

Other analysts say North Korea has set aside diplomacy for now, and is sprinting toward full-fledged international recognition as a nuclear power, like India and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

"I believe on the state side there has been underfunding and under-recognition of the importance and need for funding public defense for the indigent for a long time,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

He wants recognition for his boldness,bravery, his willingness to take on organized crime, at a time when the war on drugs is increasingly unpopular in his own country.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"It is a very exciting moment for me because this is a big recognition for the ideas that I have been promoting, trying to let people pay attention to it.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

The Saudis said they will not make concessions beyond a 2002 Arab plan put forth by King Abdullah which offered recognition in exchange for Israel's return of the occupied territories and allowance of a Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

"There seems to be a growing recognition that the Taliban and other miscreants, to use the Pakistanis' own word for this,are a threat to the entire country and are alien to the spirit of Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the founders of Pakistan."

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Just weeks ago he was a novice opposition candidate for Parliament with little recognition outside the district, which had been held by his mother Varun Gandhi quickly rocketed into the national spotlight after his recent speeches aired on national television appearing to show him mocking and threatening Muslims.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28