The Russian leader also praised U.S.President Barack Obama's recent call for a nuclear-weapons-free world, calling it a "beautiful and right goal."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The two leaders will meet in the Czech capital, where,one year earlier, President Obama laid out his vision of a nuclear-free world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Henry says a nuclear-free world also means that countries need to work together and create an environment that will help prevent international conflicts.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"Wilson has to be given the credit for delivering a major defeat to the Soviet Union at a time when the Soviet Union was a threat to the free world."

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

More than 200 individuals and organizations were nominated this year, but as Jagland explains, Barack Obama won for giving the world hope for a better future and for striving for a nuclear-free world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

It led the sculptor Felix de Weldon to create one of the largest free-standing bronze statues in the world.

VOA: special.2011.05.30

He saw outsider artwork as being free from the worries of competition and social acceptance that define the official art world.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Governments and major lenders like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund turned to free market policies.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

But most importantly, we can look to a world that is free of HIV infection in children.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

He urged other nations to join in an effort to free the world of nuclear weapons.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

He said the United States offers some of the world's lowest barriers to trade -- and expects free and fair access to other countries in return.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Experts say it could be the world's largest free-standing arch.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

"We are working with our partners to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to seek a world free of nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

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