She calls for concrete and immediate action to hold perpetrators accountable, particularly since sexual violence continues to take place on a daily basis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

C.D.C. official Janet Collins says breathing secondhand smoke has immediate harmful effects on a person's heart-and-lung system.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Pro-slavery settlers urged Reeder to hold immediate elections for a territorial legislature.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

"With more stable infrastructure, once it's rebuilt, with a more robust health system, there's an opportunity to not only deal with the immediate tragedy of the earthquake, but hopefully, some of the longer-term crises that Haitians have experienced day in and day out."

VOA: special.2010.02.01

"The solace may not be immediate, but the fact that people have got together and put these ideas in a document.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The election will help shape Iraq's immediate future, either allowing sectarian and ethnic divides to deepen or giving more nationalist forces a boost.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

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

Under the program launched in March, governments with sound economic policies can secure an immediate IMF loan in case of a threat to their financial system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Austan Goolsbee spoke on Fox News Sunday: "It is going to be a rough patch not just in the immediate term, but for a little bit of time ".

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

He says it is critical to address the immediate needs of the Tamil people, to work for reintegration and reconstruction of the society and to achieve a sustainable and equitable political solution.

VOA: standard.2009.05.19