The Russian leader also praised U.S.President Barack Obama's recent call for a nuclear-weapons-free world, calling it a "beautiful and right goal."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"But if it can't be in the near term, it's a far better solution than what people are doing right now.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And it took a good deal of training to show to the staff members that that's really not necessarily right."

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

"Also it took away a lot of your fear of melodrama as well because it felt kind of seismic, if that's the right word.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

Israel's dovish Peace Now movement denies claims by the right-wing Israeli government that it has imposed a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

But at least it's going in the right direction. December is generally better than a year ago, but at least the trend starts to go up.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

He says he's been waiting years for it to open because it makes his life much easier to have a metro station right around the corner.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

But she said that if Hamas wants to play a part in peace talks, it needs to meet international terms by renouncing violence and accepting Israel's right to exist.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

It also said the United States recognizes a government's right to defend itself from attacks by terrorist groups, but that it expects both state and non-state actors to comply with international legal obligations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

"After years of watching companies build things and create jobs overseas, it's good news that we've attracted a company to our shores to build a plant and create jobs right here in America."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

"It's putting a false sense on the market right now that everybody has this big flashing yellow light flashing, caution,caution,caution, so people are buying stuff you know in high volume than they usually buy.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating cut fuel lines at the Virginia home of Democratic Representative Tom Perriello's brother, whose address was posted online by a right-wing blogger who said it was the lawmaker's address.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"It's a huge support because then we can finally do intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance right over the battlefields in real life, so we support the troops and we can support convoys driving around in real time."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27