He also said that under stronger sanctions, the Iranian people would suffer enormously, and he indicated Iranian leaders might want to avoid that as they are facing what he called "a lot more political turmoil" since the recent election.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

However,the Office of Dietary Supplements of the National Institutes of Health notes that pregnant women may want to avoid it.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

She nodded her head as she touched and smelled the flowers that her father had been so careful to avoid.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Lately there have been accusations that some private, competitive liberal arts colleges are trying to avoid being seen as "too female."

VOA: special.2009.11.19

He also told President Karzai that the United States will make every effort to avoid harming civilians as it helps the Afghan government.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

The Mayo Clinic tells patients to avoid strong smells that have seemingly started migraines in the past.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

European officials hope to avoid the crisis that could spread if Greece fails to pay its debts.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

Now,the question is how and when to withdraw that support without harming a recovery, and how to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Still,he says he worries that more people will avoid cooperating with the police, and that officers will have less time to fight more serious crimes.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

That fear leads the victim to avoid social situations.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

new regulations, to help avoid the kind of risky behavior by financial institutions that brought on the U.S.banking crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

That's before the House of Representatives passed a bill to provide $10 billion so states can avoid teacher cutbacks.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

UNIFIL, the U.N.peacekeeping force in Lebanon, urged both sides to avoid any action that could raise tensions.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

It's the vitamin associated with the sun that we absorb through our skin, and increasingly block out when we use sunblock, to avoid getting skin cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Karzai supporters say they are hoping that even after ballots deemed fraudulent are discarded the president will still have more than to avoid a runoff election with Mr.Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Greece has been in negotiations with EU member countries and the IMF to secure a bailout - money that would allow it to pay debts coming due in time to avoid having to default.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Republicans also bitterly oppose the Democrat's plan to avoid Republican obstruction in a later Senate vote on the modified package with a process that would allow approval with a simple majority of 51 votes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

The Israeli leader wants to avoid entering full-fledged peace negotiations with the Palestinians that would require Israel to make concessions on sensitive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The former foreign minister had given President Karzai until Saturday to remove the country's top election official in an effort to avoid a repeat of the massive fraud that marred the August 20 presidential election.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

But Graham described as unpersuasive the president's continuing assertion that the U.S.must avoid being seen to be meddling in Iran so Iran's government will not use this as an excuse to intensify its crackdown on the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

"Of course what is important in this turmoil environment is that energy policy and energy common efforts for all Europe are important to avoid a crisis what we do have on the ground and to avoid the possible future crises,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.01