Only a few other nations join Russia in recognizing the two regions as independent.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Only Nicaragua has followed Moscow's lead in recognizing that independence.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Over the last few months the Federal Law Enforcement and Training Center has developed a computer program to train law enforcement officers across the U.S.in recognizing and responding to victims of human trafficking.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The first function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding the word's context in a sentence, and the third lets us articulate the word by speaking.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

This requires recognizing losses in a forward looking way,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Seventy-three years later, American athletes are competing in the same stadium where Owens put on his iconic performance and USA Track & Field is recognizing the occasion by adding the initials "JO" above the heart on the team's uniforms.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

"Turkey's persistent denial and inability to face, or unwillingness to face up to its history is very disruptive in all kinds of ways - in terms of international relations, in terms of its own internal politics - and it also prevents it from really recognizing how do you deal with minorities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19