He said it permitted them to avoid the legally binding targets and international supervision proposed by developed countries.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

But some hotels and ski areas away from the city are offering special rates for people who want to avoid the crowds.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

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

VOA: special.2010.02.12

The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

People should know the causes of their asthma symptoms and try to avoid these triggers.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

Like other presidents, Franklin Pierce hoped to avoid the issue.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Better to avoid the unstable hammocks altogether, since they're filled with snakes, occasional bears, and flesh-eating plants that, helpfully,feed on mosquitoes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

A runoff would likely have to be delayed until next year if not held very soon to avoid the impending winter, which would not make balloting logistically possible in much of rural Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"The fact that tissue was preserved for more than a few decades helps us to learn more about past disease and actually eventually help to avoid these kinds of diseases in the future."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"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

Blatter's doubts about Nigeria's hosting capacities have been made explicit in recent months, based over a year of debate and threats of moving the tournament, during which the country did just enough to avoid the embarrassment of being replaced as host.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

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

It could help as many as three to four million owners change the terms of their mortgages to avoid foreclosure.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

Still,NACE found no big increase in graduates who plan to stay in school and avoid the job market.

VOA: special.2009.06.25