But others say the extremely modern design of the buildings is insulting because it is not like the design of the city's historic buildings.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

So the system is not foolproof." "But overall,it is in our view, the better system than anywhere else in the world because it gives average citizens an opportunity to listen to the evidence and make independent judgments the government is not part of."

VOA: special.2009.08.31

He said developing an ideology of confidence in condoms is not correct because it fails to focus on personal responsibility.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But experts say no-one knows how large the world stockpile of nuclear material is because not every country reports what it's producing.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

It is something they now deeply regret, because,she says,"the promises of the Orange Revolution were not kept."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

"The law as it stands now in the State of Israel is to be commended because elected office is not a shelter for misdeeds,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Remember, everything we did was a first, not because we were pioneers or inventors, but it is literally, necessity is the mother of invention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

She says it is not possible to deliver aid to the region by road because of insecurity and the rains, which make the roads impassable.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

Gates says Yemen's president appears to be reluctant to support the idea, because it would imply his government is not capable of handling the resettlement.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

He said agriculture is not just a sector in Africa, it is a way of life, because the majority of Africans live in rural areas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"We want to be a strong partner with the government and the people of Afghanistan, and I always say both because it is not either or it has to be both,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

"We feel this a complete travesty of justice. We feel it is not only a travesty of justice because truth does not hold sway there, but people should not be criminalized for exercising their basic right to freedom of expression,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"The reason why I do not think it is likely is because of all the resources we have put on this, considerably more than the last administration did, to see to it that it will not happen."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Once agian,Ronald Suny. "What's startling is that two important countries have not recognized it - the United States,repeatedly, because of its alliance with Turkey, its strategic interest in the region, its need for Turkey as a NATO ally, in its war against Iraq, has not recognized it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19