The criticism prompted the Pakistani government to order a major offensive in late April to regain control of the Swat and other insurgency hit districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

The visit comes just days after the United States and other Western nations condemned the military government's order to extend the house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

In other Iran-related statements, on Tuesday Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said the Obama administration should order U.S.embassies around the world to rescind invitations for Iranian officials to attend July 4 Independence Day Celebrations.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

The international community must support stable regions, for example Puntland, and offer long-awaited development incentives in order to attract the attention of other Somali regions that see the benefits as counter-weight to joining extremists,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

The Syrians straddle the fence between the order of conservative nations on the one hand and this alliance with Iran on the other and it would make perfect sense for Bashar al-Assad to pose as the mediator with the Iranians, which means: hey,if you folks think I'm bad, think of the Iranians,they're much worse, but I have credit in their bank and I can deal with the Iranians."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18