Saying President Obama has offered Iran every opportunity for constructive diplomatic dialogue on its nuclear program, Senate Democratic Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry said more robust sanctions are in his words the only way to dramatically increase the economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran from the outside and help leverage pressure on the regime from its own population which wants a different relationship with the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

La Pendue is a puppet group from France that performs its own version of the Polichinelle tradition.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The court decided,five to four, on Thursday to overturn its own ruling from nineteen ninety.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

He says while the U.S.cuts back on its own nuclear posture, it will be protecting itself from nuclear threats, especially from terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

The current government in Kabul appears to be facing a more immediate threat,however, not from the Taliban but due to concerns about its own credibility.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"Turkey's persistent denial and inability to face, or unwillingness to face up to its history is very disruptive in all kinds of ways - in terms of international relations, in terms of its own internal politics - and it also prevents it from really recognizing how do you deal with minorities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19