Authorities in Queensland have put strict precautions into place to try to stop the spread of infection from the Pacific Dawn cruise ship.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The president also dismissed any notion of arbitration or strict timetables in the ongoing peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians, a strict Protestant sect originally from what is now the Czech Republic and eastern Germany.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

In 1985,Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ordered dramatic cuts in the production of wines and spirits and introduced strict controls on the public consumption of alcohol.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

That runs counter to strict sanctions still in place covering other trade with these nations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Other past governments also imposed media controls. In addition, Thailand's strict lese majeste laws, aimed at protecting the revered monarchy, make it illegal to say or publish anything deemed to defame the monarchy.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06