The report says not one country has met all the biodiversity targets that were set eight years ago.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since after Iran's but diplomats of the two countries have occasionally met at international gatherings.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

"It is not the absence of crisis. It is the manner in which the crisis is going to be met and resolved that defines a nation,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

But analysts say the target is now not expected to be met.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27