The NATO move is in response to last year's spy scandal in Estonia in which one of that country's defense officials was jailed for passing alliance secrets to Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

One of the questions I've asked is: are safe sex,condoms and antiretroviral drugs a sufficient response to the health catastrophes that we face? The debate and anger over the issue drew the attention of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who spoke at the closing ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Authorities say they quickly killed two of the gunmen, but two others continued to fire machine guns in the extended battle in Pul-i-Alam, Witnesses say U.S.military helicopters were part of the response force, and one aircraft fired a rocket into a multi-story building which the insurgents had seized, used to launch their attack and had rigged with explosives.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10