Of the 183 countries voting, Myanmar's ambassador,Than Swe, said if western countries are truly concerned about human rights in his country or any other they should adopt a cooperative approach, instead of a resolution that he called "out of step with the times we live in."

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

He suggested that Western critics had never known real hunger, and wondered if they had ever watched their children go hungry.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

If you visit the western mountain and plains state of Montana you will know why it is known as Big Sky Country.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

If he does,it would be the first time in the western state's history that a sitting governor lost his seat in a primary election.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

The bar is called Pewex, the name of a chain of hard-currency stores from the communist era where Poles could buy Western products if they had the dollars.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

The al-Shabab commander said at the news conference that if Burundian and Ugandan troops have entered the conflict on behalf of the Western-backed transitional federal government, then the Islamist opposition fighters should also receive foreign help.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16