But the legislation has come under strong criticism from opposition parties and the country's powerful military.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The announcement appears to indicate that Pakistan's powerful military, which has intervened in political crises before, is backing the government in the current standoff.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

The country's powerful Islamic media, which traditionally supports the government, has called for severing ties.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

The president's trip and comments also are geared to a domestic audience with an eye on Pakistan's powerful military establishment, said Pakistan expert Farzana Shaikh of London's Chatham House research center.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

The resolution also imposes sanctions on 40 new entities linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, and one individual - Javad Rahiqi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

But some Pakistani political factions and the country's powerful military have been bitterly critical of provisions in the legislation which,among other things, requires the Obama administration to report to Congress every six months on whether Pakistan's newly-democratic government is exercising effective civilian control over the military.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

Jackson's doctor became the subject of a police investigation after admitting he gave Jackson a powerful drug to help him sleep.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

But the pictures did. What the camera showed was so powerful that the city's health officials started to do something.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

The team used the most powerful telescope in the world - the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The event gathers some of the world's most powerful political and business leaders at a small ski village in the Swiss Alps.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

All that and more is urgently needed after a powerful earthquake wrecked much of Haiti's capital on Tuesday.

VOA: special.2010.01.16

"I want to continue putting poetry out there. I think it's a very powerful form of expression.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Andrew Jackson had opposed the powerful bank in which the government's money was kept.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Today's large passenger planes have fewer but more powerful engines than older models.

VOA: special.2009.04.01