He accused the high commissioners, or ambassadors,from New Zealand and Australia of meddling in his country's internal affairs and ordered them to leave.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

It has experienced internal divisions and rising tensions in the past year, as major political parties struggle to agree on a basic political structure.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"This includes Arab-Kurdish relations, particularly as they relate to disputed internal boundaries, revenue-sharing, legislation related to hydrocarbons, the federal framework and the constitutional review process."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

But he warned that Iran continues to have a "very malevolent relationship" with Iraq, including meddling in internal Iraqi politics and supplying weapons to insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Most of the internal refugees have now returned to their homes with foreign-funded assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

But clearly, these internal matters are for Iranians themselves to address.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

While TV and Radio Marti have received praised for broadcasting news to people in Cuba, where the government jams foreign signals, TV Marti continues to face internal and external criticism.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

The politicians internal divisions have led to fears that a political vacuum could give Sunni militants a chance to revive the sectarian violence that roiled the nation in 2006 and 2007.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

The vote,which has been postponed several times since 2005, is an attempt to find a lasting political solution to nearly a decade of internal conflict in the once stable West African nation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"We are trying to encourage Burma to conduct the kind of internal dialogue with all of the stakeholders including Aung San Suu Kyi that could lead to there being fair,free and credible elections next year,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Now that the presidency council and the parliament have approved an election law, Secretary Gates wants to talk to the prime minister and to Kurdish leaders about resolving broader differences over power sharing and internal borders.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

A Western diplomat close to the EU meeting in Harare told VOA it is clear that Mr.Mugabe is blocking full compliance with the political agreement in order to buy time to rebuild ZANU-PF, which has been weakened by internal quarrels and a loss of popular support, even in its traditional strongholds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Since its inception in 1990, TV Marti has been the subject of controversy over cost, contracting,internal management and journalistic issues, and the inability of the Miami-based station to reach enough of the population in Cuba to justify the $500 million spent on the operation so far.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

I think it is one of the things that we can be proud of, but my view is that has to be informed consent and I think one of the problems with the way the police service has operated up to now is that the discussion about tactics and strategy has been an internal discussion in the profession and I think the police service needs to be better at having that discussion with the public to whom they are accountable."

VOA: standard.2009.04.21