Rene Rivera says strong family ties and a shared Catholic faith helped people deal with the hard life in their community.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

They say he knows having ties with Israel gives Turkey a special voice not only in Jerusalem but also in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

Historically, southern Sudan has had greater cultural and economic ties to East Africa than to the Arab-led government in Khartoum.

VOA: special.2011.01.08

In this book he describes his efforts to restart diplomatic ties with China during the presidency of Richard Nixon in the early nineteen seventies.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

In comments translated by Russia Today television, he said this will strengthen ties between the United States and Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

On Saturday, militants with ties to Punjab, as well as the South Waziristan tribal region, assaulted the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Officials say these have grown in "scope and scale" as ties between the two countries have blossomed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

One projection indicates that 23,000 jobs with direct or indirect ties to the space industry, could be lost in Florida within a year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Pakistan has managed Iran's interests in the U.S.since Washington severed diplomatic ties after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

The two countries have, until recently, had close political and military ties and Turkey was widely seen as Israel's only friend in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

The tensions have imperiled a strategic alliance forged in 1996 that cemented military and intelligence ties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The capture adds another complication in what has been a steady deterioration of North-South ties since last year's inauguration of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Ali Nourizadeh,who runs the Center for Arab and Iranian Studies in London, says he is pessimistic about any real improvement in ties between the United States and Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the release of Aung San Suu Kyi would open doors for an expansion in bilateral ties and U.S.investments in Burma.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

There are concerns the soured diplomatic ties could spill over to the ASEAN meeting on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum under way in Singapore.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Mr.Rudd will be able to deliver his ultimatum in person to Japan's foreign minister, Katsuya Okada, who arrives in Sydney Saturday for pre-arranged talks on trade and military ties.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

The United States has demanded a complete freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank and disputed East Jerusalem, and Israel's refusal has strained ties between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Clinton's assertion that the anti-terrorism commitment is government-wide in Islamabad came in response to a question about Pakistan's intelligence service, which has long been accused ties with Islamic extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

To build long-term support for the crafts workers, the IOM is strengthening ties between these small industries and the government and is turning to companies that invest in corporate social responsibility.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

Restrepo,who has family ties to Colombia, also answered questions in Spanish from regional reporters, marking the first time in recent memory that a dual language press briefing was held at the White House.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

The group in Yemen, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, is believed to have ties with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S.passenger jet on December 25.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

The recent killing of three people with ties to the U.S.consulate in Juarez,Mexico, and the shooting death of a popular rancher on his property in Arizona, are increasing the anger over drug-related violence on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

An expert on nuclear proliferation at the RAND Corporation in the United States, Brian Jenkins,says because of its proximity to Somalia and its close ties to the West, Kenya is vulnerable to the worst-case scenario, where an al-Qaida terrorist unleashes a "dirty bomb" in Nairobi causing the death of thousands.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01