A professor of law at the University of South Africa, Shadrack Gutto, said on national radio that it was a landmark case.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

One reformist Web site on Saturday said one of the protesters in custody in Iran has died.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she is open to hearing from all members of the House Democratic caucus before the talks begin.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The Goran,or Change list, said on its website that it had won a majority in Suleimaniyah, the traditional bastion of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

The president has said on numerous occasions that the key to combating al-Qaida and Taliban advances is a regional approach that includes three elements: military action,diplomacy, and support for development.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner said on Monday.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Israel offered less hope of an early resolution to the conflict, when Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Israeli radio Thursday that there is no chance of peace anytime soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Two liberal House Democrats, Lynne Woolsey and Barbara Lee, said on Wednesday they intend to fightto keep this public option in, along with other steps to protect lower and middle-income Americans and hold insurance companies accountable.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

Whether anything happens remains to be seen. President Medvedev said on Tuesday that no one is dizzy with success over Russia's struggle with corruption and that Russians are at the very,very beginning of the road in the fight against it.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

"David Miliband said a while back, having said 54 times that in answer to parliamentary questions that nobody had gone through Diego Garcia, he said on the 55th time that actually the U.S.had now told him that people had gone through Diego Garcia.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

He said that on that bus in nineteen fifty-five, "She sat down in order that we might stand up.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Such appointments are permanent. Those hired with the understanding they will seek tenure are said to be "on the tenure track."

VOA: special.2009.04.09

After talks on Wednesday, France's ambassador said they were starting to negotiate on the substance of possible new measures.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

Hillary said his first reaction on reaching the summit was a happy feeling that he had "no more steps to cut."

VOA: special.2010.06.30