But Claudio wrongly accuses Hero of being with another man and refuses to marry her.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

But he refuses to compromise and make buildings he hates.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Another problem is that neighboring Greece refuses to recognize the name Macedonia and has therefore blocked the country's attempt to join NATO.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Hamas refuses to renounce violence or recognize Israel, and Israel says as long as the group rules Gaza, there cannot be a Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Her overwhelmed mother pretends everything is normal, and the family refuses to face the problem.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

They say a wife who refuses to marry her brother-in-law is trying to sabotage tradition.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Israel pulled out of the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in 2005, and today it is controlled by Hamas, a violent Islamic militant group that refuses to recognize the Jewish state.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

India points to the aspirations of millions of poor people like Rakesh in sprawling urban slums and villages when it refuses to commit to any caps on its carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Hamas refuses to renounce violence or recognize Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

(Sound) Amid loud acclamations of approval, top hardline Iranian cleric, Hojatoleslam Ahmad Khatami warned the West that Tehran will produce its own high-grade uranium for a medical research reactor, if the UN International Atomic Energy Agency refuses to provide the fuel.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

He refuses. And now,the metal of the armor appears to be poisoning Iron Man.

VOA: special.2010.06.14