Mister Chavez often went for long periods without food to protest the conditions under which the farm workers were forced to do their jobs.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

She is on trial for violating the terms of the house arrest under which the government has held her for 14 of the past 20 years.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

President Obama has restricted the conditions under which the United States would consider using nuclear weapons, but stipulated that the limitations do not apply to any potential confrontation with Iran or North Korea.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

On Monday,Iran formally notified the IAEA of its response to the nuclear-fuel swap deal, under which it would ship some low-enriched uranium to Turkey in return for higher grade fuel for a Tehran research reactor.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The United States has strongly supported the Arias settlement plan the San Jose accords under which Mr.Zelaya would return to office to serve out the remainder of his term, while those involved in his ouster would receive amnesty.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The package under which Pakistan is to get $1.5 billion in U.S.non-military aid in each of the next five years was hailed by both governments when it was overwhelmingly approved by the House and Senate last month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

U.S.-Venezuelan relations since the populist Mr.Chavez was first elected in 1998 have been increasingly difficult, and he said in Moscow the new arms are to counter a U.S.-Colombian agreement last month under which U.S.forces will have access to several Colombian military bases.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Iran has sent mixed signals about its response to the plan, under which much of the low-enriched uranium Iran has produced in its controversial enrichment program would be shipped abroad for processing, a step that would ease Western concerns about Iran's nuclear intentions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The comments from the State Department came after Iran failed to provide a final response Friday to a proposal brokered by the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency under which Tehran would ship abroad much of the low-enriched uranium it has produced in an enrichment effort that has drawn international concern.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The races which would suffer most under a literacy test would be those with which the English-speaking people have never united, and who are most different from the great majority of the people of the United States."

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Mr.Netanyahu imposed the construction freeze under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Australia,and other critics, say the annual hunt is merely a front for commercial whaling, which is banned under international law.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

North Korea contends the April 5 missile firing was a satellite launch to which it was entitled under international law.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Short-range test launches are not formally prohibited under United Nations sanctions against the North, which forbid medium and long-range ballistic activities.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13