The visit has been welcomed as a positive change in Washington's Burma policy, from one of isolation to engagement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Although the case is reminiscent of episodes from the Cold War, Russia hailed the exchange as a positive development.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Lauper was joined in London by a group of HIV-positive women from the national AIDS charity Positively Women.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Chellie Pingree, a Democratic Party congresswoman from Maine,said the legislation will have a number of positive consequences.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

Economist Peter Sperling of Touro College says unemployment figures are likely to continue even higher, despite recent positive indicators from beleaguered sectors of the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Gates said the Obama administration wants to see a positive response from Iran soon.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

Economist Rebecca Blank with the Brookings Institution here in Washington was optimistic that positive results will come from efforts to prevent more job losses and mortgage defaults.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

"There's no indication that the B-1 breaking off from positive I.D.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

"Well,I think the message from the United States personally coming here will obviously be a positive impact,in the sense that President Obama's administration is deeply concerned about the displaced people,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.03

President Obama will speak on Tuesday about his plans for tackling the nation's In his weekly radio and Internet address, Mr.Obama says the drop from October's 10.2 percent jobless rate is a positive trend, but he is not satisfied.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

We're at a point now where some really important recent discoveries have not answered all our questions, but have certainly helped take us into some new directions and really open up a new chapter in the search for additional options to prevent HIV Those recent discoveries include anti-bodies found in some HIV positive people that prevent the AIDS virus from entering cells.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15