Russia objects. But the United States says the system would protect Europe from a possible attack by Iran.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

As a result, the study in China found that the cotton plants could also help protect nearby crops against damage by the insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

The writers tell about the good work being done by scientists and activists to protect each place.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was created by local citizens who wanted to protect the area.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

All southerners declared that they would fight to protect their homes from a Negro rebellion or from another attack by men like Brown.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

It is also important to wear a hat and sunscreen lotion to protect your skin from being burned by the very hot African sun.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

He said it would even protect them from bullets fired by the white men's guns.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

And he said the president as well as he could would protect the political rights promised to all people by the Constitution of the United States and the state constitutions.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

She says this study has helped by collecting the data, and now the need is clear to work to better protect children.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The option of arming the private ships to protect against hijacking is complicated by common port laws which ban private firearms within port waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Sierra Leone's Independent Media Commission was set up in 2007 to promote a free and pluralistic media and to protect the public interest from abuse by media houses.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Indiana representative Mike Pence called a proposal by the Democratic party to protect the environment by putting a limit on greenhouse gases " an economic declaration of war."

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

So they try to protect him by keeping him busy at home.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

She says this will be her next line of inquiry whether female hormones, such as estrogen, somehow protect young women from the neurological damage created by exposure to lead.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

And if you don't kill us I'll do my best to protect you.'" Swan has kept the promise, his eyes opened to environmental problems made worse by a warming climate.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Dr.Craig Smith,the chief executive of Electro Optic Systems, says laser beams fired from the ground could protect astronauts and satellites by targeting space junk that travels at potentially devastating speeds.

VOA: standard.2010.07.24

"The reductions in this treaty will not affect the strength of our nuclear triad, nor does this treaty limit plans to protect the U.S.and our allies by improving and deploying missile defense systems."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

Government health departments nationwide are studying new strategies to protect maternal and child health, such as those outlined by the United Nations Millennium Goals, which calls for education, economic development and community empowerment to save lives and eliminate preventable suffering.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"The reasons that we went to Afghanistan in 2001 are still the reasons we are there, that we are trying to protect the streets of Britain from al-Qaida and from the supportive work that could be done on their behalf by the Taliban both in Pakistan and Afghanistan,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10