Japan says there are genuine scientific reasons for why it needs to kill hundreds of whales each year in Antarctic waters.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

About 10 percent or 200,000 of the displaced are sheltering in camps, which are providing for their essential needs.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Isaak says there needs to be better infrastructure in place to support the harvest of the invasive species.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The new money will bolster the IMF, enabling it to quickly respond to the financing needs of member countries in financial distress.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

And that helped instill a confidence Weibrecht needs to conquer some of the best slopes in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"Only the Maoists will be able, in this historical juncture, able to address the needs of the people."

VOA: standard.2009.05.10

"Reducing salt in the food supply needs to be a gradual process for a couple of reasons."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

The amount of aid that goes to health and vaccines in particular has gone up and it needs to go up even more.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Proposals to sanction Iran's gasoline imports, which account for 40 percent of its needs, have been advocated by various lawmakers in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

He adds that in a time of global economic crisis, Russia needs to consider the need to keep such a large force in Chechnya.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

(Speaking) He says police used to work to maintain order in the city, but now they working to meet the needs of the people.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

"There were particular needs related to mobility in terms of making sure people were safe.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

Since then, he has been drawing attention to the needs of tens of thousands of Haitians who lost their homes and relatives in the disaster.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

Someone just needs to give them a little spark." More than 50,000 children die each year in Yemen because of diseases caused by water pollution.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01