Pro-Russian forces also resent Mr.Yushchenko's campaign to teach the Ukrainian language to schoolchildren in Russian-speaking regions of the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Speaking to supporters in the village of Teyit, Mr.Bakiyev, said there is an attempt to divide the country between north and south.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

(Speaking) Zhuang says China is a huge country, so it is not surprising to see China overtaking Germany as the world's top exporter.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

Speaking from inside the Brazilian embassy, Mr.Zelaya said he remains the elected president of the country and called on his followers to show their support.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

(Speaking in French) Nadia said most immigrants try hard to fit into their new country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking in Parliament in Berlin, is calling for patience to ascertain precisely what happened while defending her country's military mission in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

(SPEAKING) They have come to Washington from across the country in a combative mood with one mission in mind - to stop President Obama's health care bill.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Speaking to local media, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said intelligence agencies had expected attacks on security sites in the country and that authorities will remain on high-alert.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"If he'd been able to come back and to gather around him some powerful, like-thinking nation builders, they might have been able to create his ideal of having one Spanish speaking South American country" "It would have been a different world."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Speaking on behalf of the host country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an effective struggle against such problems requires significant improvement in the combat readiness and coordination of the Afghan military, police and other law enforcement agencies, which the U.S.also considers important.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27