"I just want to have some rules in place so that when these guys make dumb decisions, you do not end up having to foot the bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Distribution began late last year and the plan is to have one million books in schools and 3,200 teachers trained to use it by the end of this year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

In the past oil and ecology have struck a delicate balance in Louisiana, but as the massive slick drifts closer to the coast that could be coming to an end.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

Mr.Zelaya's arrest by Honduran troops and deportation to Costa Rica was triggered by his efforts to hold a referendum that could have kept him in office beyond the end of his term in January.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

"These are dangerous tasks." "There are still those with bombs and bullets who will try to stop Iraq's progress, and the hard truth is we have not seen the end of American sacrifice in Iraq."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The foreign policy chief for the European Union, Javier Solana, has told reporters in Brussels that while he would like to see the process go faster the most important aspect is to have credible results in the end.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The left-leaning elected Honduran leader was arrested by the military and deported three months ago in a dispute over his efforts to stage a referendum that would have allowed him to remain in office beyond the end of his term, which ends in January.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

That is who we are. That is what we do." Mr.Obama honored the 78 West Point graduates who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he again said the U.S.is poised to end its combat mission in Iraq in the next few months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.22

He disputed the efficacy of some of the drugs, which is in a way just as bad or even worse - because it prevented access to drugs, which could have been affordable at least to South Africa, In the end, the words of Nelson Mandela became a battle cry for many at the Conference.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17