Some Western diplomats have expressed concern about the rise of violent Islamic extremism in Nigeria.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Some western and African diplomats are known to have privately expressed annoyance at the Iranian leaders' attendance, saying it would have been a distraction from the summit's important business.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The British newspaper the Guardian reported Monday that altering the role of Mr.Karzai, who is accused by some western officials of tolerating corruption and mismanagement, is one possible element of a revised Afghan policy to be announced by the Obama administration.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Some people say Paul Bunyan was the creation of storytellers from the middle western Great Lakes area of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Some people say they were responsible for creating Puget Sound in the western state of Washington.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The plan succeeded. Some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean questioned the right of the United States to act as policeman for the Western Hemisphere.

VOA: special.2010.08.26

And Turkey acts as a buffer on Iran's border from the encroachment of Western NATO powers and to some extent Israel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

While some Serbs view it as a political trial by a "pro-Western" and "political court", others see it as the best way forward for Serbia after years of isolation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The head of the Interior Ministry,Rehman Malik, told reporters Saturday the additional troops will be pulled back from some areas of western Pakistan, where they have been fighting against Taliban militants.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

That's why Vander Haak was open-minded when the Vehicle Research Institute at Western Washington University, just down the road from his dairy, called with an offer to truck away some of his methane.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

For much of the past century there were average global increases of 1.7 millimeters a year, but that rate doubled between 1993 and 2007.(мظ) Some regions, notably Western Australia have suffered more than others, partly,scientists say, because of how gravitational pull affects tides.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09