"There is the initial definition by the United Nations when they adopted the genocide convention, which is considered generally authoritative.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Strickland says it will have the capacity to double the initial once the nation's power grid is improved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measured 5.9.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measures 5.9.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

The White House consulted with Pakistani leaders leading up to the announcement of its new strategy, and the initial response has been positive.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"The initial commitment of the private sector to this campaign is more than $260 million,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

But International Crisis Group senior analyst Candace Rondeaux says a hastily planned election will in all likelihood be just as fraud-filled as the initial Aug.20 vote.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The Pentagon announced Monday that about 1,500 U.S.Marines are expected to arrive in Afghanistan later this month, the initial elements of the 30,000 troop surge authorized by President Obama last week.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

"I think when you look at the information and the statistics from the initial study, the initial paper by Dr.Nissen in 2007, the increase in the risks of heart attacks is actually small."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Kerry,during a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is credited with playing a key role in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a run-off election, following wide-spread corruption that tainted the initial contest in August.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

U.S.unemployment jumped a half percent in May, to 9.4 percent prompting this comment by Austan Goolsbee, a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisors: "The economy clearly has gotten substantially worse from the initial predictions that were being made, not just by the White House, but by all of the private sector,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

"Four of the expelled NGOs have taken advantage of this latter flexibility and this week completed initial registration processes in Khartoum,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

In addition,she says the U.N.agency is providing an initial two-week supply of food to 41,000 people in Niger.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

He says the South Korean boat did not respond to initial communications from the South Korean navy.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30