Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama said Japan would press for the ASEM meeting to issue a joint statement condemning the nuclear test, apart from the conference's normal closing statement.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Republicans have promised to make the health care reform law a major issue in mid-term Congressional elections in November.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

There's no real cure to AIDS. But there is a cure to the landmine issue, and that is removal.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

You don't have to be a VIP celebrity." Some experts say famous people may bring public awareness to an issue.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

On a separate issue, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this week criticized international efforts by Islamic countries to ban anti-religious speech.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

And it's a serious issue. And we hope that we can be able to provide more funding to combat suicide."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

To guarantee continued support for the war, Lincoln was forced to recognize that the issue of slavery was, in fact,a major issue.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Most people say the letters GI were a short way to say general issue or government issue.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

In this way,Roosevelt and Willkie tried to keep America's growing involvement in the war from becoming a major political issue in the election.

VOA: special.2011.05.12

There was still a chance that the North and South would go to war over the issue.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

They hoped the delay would give reasonable men of the North and South time to find a permanent answer to the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

Denis Hayes said lawmakers in Washington have repeatedly failed to make the environment a central issue.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Eunice Shriver and her family had a personal reason to be interested in this issue.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

He said he looked forward to a full debate on the issue.

VOA: special.2010.05.27