But the secretary called for aggressive action, saying there was more risk in taking small steps.

VOA: special.2009.02.13

"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

We charted a new way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and made good progress in taking the fight to al-Qaeda across the globe."

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

He has a long history in law enforcement. "I'm very pleased that, one,President Calderone is very courageous, in his administration, in taking this issue on."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Secretary Gates says he believes Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons and that the international community must keep it on "tight enough deadlines and specific enough requirements" to determine whether its government is seriously interested in taking a different course.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

But by continuously linking this in a public way and in taking a firm position on it, they make it much more difficult for him to move away from sites in Poland and the Czech Republic,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

"Either this regime gets serious about reforming itself and about playing its part in taking on violent jihadists and extremists or else it seems to me we have got to consider pulling our troops out and fighting the threat of terrorism in a different way,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But this month, millions of people around the world will turn their attention to the games taking place in Vancouver,British Columbia.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

Officials from the International Water Management Institute and the International Food Policy Research Institute are also taking part in the effort.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Today we tell about a wave of crime taking place in the warm waters off the east coast of Africa.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

As of March,about fifty of the eighteen thousand students at Ball State were taking part in the Degree in Three program.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Some experiments are already taking place in the mine at a depth of about one thousand five hundred meters.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

President Obama returned to the United States this week after his first visit to Europe since taking office in January.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Missus Schulz said she wants visitors to feel as if they are taking part in his daily life.

VOA: special.2009.10.25