human rights investigators applaud moves made by President Barack Obama in pledging to close Guantanamo Bay and stopping the practice of torture and extraordinary rendition.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the practice of medicine in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

The insurance industry would come under new regulation under the bill, which would ban the practice of denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

"Countless, countless moments of awakening led me ultimately to the path of Islam, and within that, to the practice of Sufism, or Tasawuf,which for me is intricately united with Islam."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

In May,the World Health Assembly approved a global code of practice on the international recruitment of health workers.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Next year, the Chinese plan to launch a small space laboratory to practice docking of spacecraft in orbit.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

There,he discovered that the illegal practice of long-line fishing was taking place in a protected sea area.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

But like many people of the day, it was a practice to snip out little mementos of events, and this particular coat suffered that same fate, in that Alfonso Don would clip pieces away from the coat and give it to people who came to visit and to see the coat.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

The goal of these exercises is to practice, so when a real emergency hits these crews will be prepared.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

But the United States, which is the largest provider, "is lagging a little bit behind the curve of good practice in food aid."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Supporters of the practice say medical tests involving chimps have helped save millions of lives worldwide.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

"So they continue to practice rituals and norms that they have inherited whereas there is a bit of move away in the urban areas."

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Nowak is very critical of the widespread use of this practice by the former Bush administration.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Cracks are appearing in the wall of silence surrounding the secret practice of extraordinary rendition as prisoners are coming forward to tell of their ordeals.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21