For the first time, a government agency the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA - will have the authority to regulate tobacco products.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

"They didn't report to each other or to any international authority how much.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

He said the Treasury Department now has the authority to block or seize any assets, accounts or securities under U.S.jurisdiction held by these organizations or anyone acting on their behalf.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

"They don't quite trust the Israeli political system or the police or all the structures of authority and so a very tiny group has declared a war on the entire Israeli mainstream,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The Economic Community of West African States says Guinea's military government should immediately put in place a new transitional authority leading to credible elections in early 2010 that does not include any members of the military council or its prime minister.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

So we have to come up with some kind of a global deal." Analysts say there is no internationally recognized authority at the border of Gaza and whatever steps are taken to provide security will have to involve the Palestinian Authority reconciling or at least cooperating with Hamas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10