On a separate issue, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week criticized international efforts by Islamic countries to ban anti-religious speech.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

The civil disorder caused by these differences was the chief issue in the presidential election of eighteen fifty-six.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

But this week,lawmakers released a company document showing Toyota had saved one hundred million dollars by negotiating a limited recall over the issue.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

In his research paper, Hubble said the issue could be decided only by more powerful instruments.

VOA: special.2009.04.29

No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens."

VOA: special.2010.02.06

Some Americans seem to agree. The issue ignited a firestorm recently in town hall meetings sponsored by congressional Democrats.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

But the really important thing we saw by 1992 was that people were not really engaged at all on this issue."

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The Palestinian official says any compromise by Mr.Abbas on the settlement issue would impede the creation of a viable independent Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

"The critical issue was, of course,politics." "They by all means are trying to keep General Noriega in jail.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

Although many South Africans feel the controversy has been inflamed by extremists on both sides of the issue, it has sparked intense debate.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

He indicated the administration intends to make an assessment by year's end as to whether a diplomatic resolution of the nuclear issue is possible.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

He notes that nuclear weapons are a separate issue regulated by special international agreements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

However,since stepping into office last January, Mr.Obama's agenda has been overwhelmed by the issue of health care reform, the economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Assistant Secretary Posner said the State Department expects to issue,by year's end, a new list of countries of particular concern on religious freedom, which would be subject to possible U.S.sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Crowley said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the nuclear issue by telephone on Thursday with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglo, whose government has also been pursuing nuclear mediation with Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

I also wonder whether if it's a good way of focusing the world's attention on the issue of blood diamonds and on this very important trial by getting such a high-profile figure involved with it."

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

But security is still an issue after a warning in June by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta rebels suggesting that the safety of visiting teams and fans could not be assured.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

But the Secretary of State says Mr.Karzai intends to announce on Tuesday how he plans to proceed on the issue, and that she is "encouraged by the direction" of events in the Afghan political crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

The chairman of the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan, Ahmad Nader Nadery,tells VOA that resolving the issue of the disputed ballots could delay certifying the election by weeks, but should not take months as some are suggesting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"I think the threat to the country presented by this defection really relates to the issue of whether or not in the United States of America, our people want the majority to have whatever it wants without restraint, without a check or a balance,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Whereas a lot of studies are limited to basically asking, 'Did you have a fever in the last month or six months?'" Sarah Olson's study appears in the July issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, which is published by the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"There is a sense that when the political leaders arrive in the next few days, that they will be able to overcome some of the stumbling blocks, because I believe the leaders will be able to really grab this issue by the scruff of the neck and get down to the substance and bridge the remaining gaps,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.17