The general staff of the North Korean People's Army issued a notice Thursday dismantling a wide range of security guarantees it has observed for years.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

VOA: special.2009.05.24

They observed that for every molecule of carbon dioxide taken in by the plants, they lost forty-four percent less water.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

They observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

One reporter for the New York Times observed that the change from President Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt was like a man moving from a slow horse to an airplane.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

While many Sefwi people observed some Jewish laws for centuries including refraining from work on Saturdays this group declared themselves ancestors of ancient Israelites and starting calling themselves Jews.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Italian Marco Fosatti, who plays professionally for internationally renowned Inter Milan, says he was shocked by some of the things he observed from the window of the team bus on the trips between the hotel and the practice fields.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05