Political experts see Governor Crist's decision to run as an independent as the latest example of a growing trend in U.S.politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

There is standing tension between the Afghan-run Election Commission, which counted the ballots, and the U.N.-backed Complaints Commission, which invalidated the fraudulent ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The pre-dawn Taliban assault targeted the Bagram airbase, which is located 60 kilometers north of Kabul and is run primarily by the U.S military.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Asian-American parents' traditional emphasis on education has run into the stumbling U.S.economy and skyrocketing college costs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

But cars and trucks that run on methane are still a novelty in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Green Seal operates in the U.S.market. Other countries have their own green certification programs - some run by the government and others by independent organizations.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The U.N.'s Yvo de Boer issued a stark reminder that the clock has run out.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Clinton and other U.S.officials are not saying that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted a run-off vote that could ease doubts about the fairness of the electoral process.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

In an announcement on state-run radio, North Korea warned what it calls, "the U.S.imperialist racketeers", that its forces will "shoot them down" if they engage in aerial espionage.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

In the first round, more than a million ballots, most of them for Mr.Karzai, were declared fraudulent by the U.N.-run Election Complaints Commission, depriving Mr.Karzai of what he claimed was an outright electoral victory.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Less than two years later, Crist has left the Republican Party to run as an independent candidate in the race for a U.S.Senate seat in Florida, after realizing it was going to be impossible for him to win the Republican primary.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04