Four years ago on International Women's Day, the Afghan government unveiled a plan for accelerating the improvement of women's status in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

O'Hanlon believes the Nobel Committee was blinded by the president's near-pop star status in some countries, and that the young president has no real achievements that merit such an award.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"I can't think of a person that I know of in the world that used their celebrity status for a greater good than what Manute Bol did.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

"I've invited Israeli Prime Minister Netayahu and Palestinian Authority President Abbas to meet on September second in Washington,D.C., to relaunch direction negotiations to resolve all final status issues, which we believe can be completed within one year."

VOA: special.2010.08.21

"And I have asked the secretary of state to report to me on the status of these negotiations in mid-October."

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Not only did the gold show off a family's wealth and status, it was portable and easily sold in a crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

They want to keep the ban to pressure Israel over the status of Palestinians and Israel's encroachment in Arab parts of Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Water is one of the issues that are supposed to be dealt with in final status negotiations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

"We really do have to be very careful about trying people in civil courts, in giving them a status beyond what is wanted,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

That is pretty clear. They simply want to maintain the status quo and keeping the insurance companies in charge of health care delivery,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Consumers also want computers and cell phones, but in cities, these are no longer status symbols.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Tokyo says it kills hundreds of whales each year in the Antarctic for scientific research to determine the status and size of whale populations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

But last month,two senators, presented a plan that calls for illegal immigrants to pay back taxes and perform community service in order to gain legal status.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

GI status means that only pepper actually grown in Kampot can use that name.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

In the United States, Britain and Japan, Apple's iPhone has reached celerity status.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

He told his audience in St.Louis that accepting the status quo is unacceptable.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10