The platform declared that the issue should be faced with firmness.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

"I think it's very important to bring to people's attention that the issue of blood diamonds is a very important one;

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Opening the conference, the Maldivian leader said Monday that the issue of climate change should not be considered equal to other international issues.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Some political analysts argue that the issue is unlikely to gain any traction before then, especially if concerns over the near 10 percent unemployment rate and health care continue to dominate the political agenda.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

And that's where we are,". On whether the Obama administration wants to see former justice Chaudhry reinstated, Wood would only say that the issue is something that needs to be worked out among Pakistanis in accordance with the country's laws.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge Douglas and myself are silent.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

There's no real cure to AIDS. But there is a cure to the landmine issue, and that is removal.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

He said slavery had not tied the states of the Union together, but had always been an issue that divided them.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

For example, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law in February dealt with this issue.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

The way both countries are handling the issue suggests that "neither side is interested in starting a fight."

VOA: special.2010.07.10

"Why should we do something when we've already done it?" But he recognizes that some people have strong feelings about the issue.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

"So when they return back home, they've got an occupational health issue that wasn't addressed in the country where they were working.

VOA: special.2011.07.06

There was still a chance that the North and South would go to war over the issue.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

He said he was not sorry that he had made tariffs the major issue in the campaign.

VOA: special.2010.05.27