The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement saying the expulsions are an obvious provocation by forces opposed to improvement of Russian-NATO relations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

An rebel communiqu issued Friday said the rebels had captured seven towns along the border with Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"In summary,the man calling himself Barack Hussein Obama has no real birth certificate issued by the United States," the man said in an Internet video blog.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

It is a fictionalized account of an African-American man born on January 1st,1863, the day President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, who becomes a Buffalo Soldier in Yosemite National Park.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

A joint statement issued by China,Japan and South Korea in Beijing Saturday said all three countries would make efforts for an early resumption of the six party talks, which also include North Korea, Russia and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

So this is a timely opportunity to remind the world how agricultural biodiversity can improve productivity and nutrition,enhance livelihoods, respond to environmental challenges and deliver food security, Last July,the G8 summit in L'Aquila,Italy, issued a statement saying, There is an urgent need for decisive action to free humankind from hunger and poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29