But the question remained: should slavery be legal in new territories in the western part of the country?

VOA: special.2009.04.02

His music is a mix of American country and western, rock and the sounds of the Caribbean islands.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

"Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?

VOA: special.2009.05.29

If you visit the western mountain and plains state of Montana you will know why it is known as Big Sky Country.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Famous recording stars who never sang country and western music began recording songs written by Hank Williams.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In the late eighteen hundreds, white Americans expanded their settlements in the western part of the country.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

People who like chimpanzees can visit Gombe Stream National Park on the western border of the country.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

Those estimates put the country behind western Europe as well as countries like Albania, Chile and Tunisia.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The Canadian government knew how hard it was to live in the western part of the country.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

They may sing the songs in the country and western style the way Hank wrote them.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Radio stations that had never played country and western music began to play Hank Williams' songs.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Still others play country and western music.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

In a country the size of western Europe, we can't be everywhere at the same time, and the hotline allows them to call in no matter where they are and to ask usthe information that we can provide -- even if we're not necessarily able to provide the services directly."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

Meanwhile,many Ukrainians, particularly in the western part of the country, fear controversial new Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk will promote pro-Russian policies.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

NATO and Afghan forces are investigating the incident in western Afghanistan that killed members of the country's army and police.

VOA: standard.2009.11.07

Turning to Asia, Burma's Prime Minister, Thein Sein, said Western economic sanctions against his country are politically motivated and should be lifted.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Haiti,the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been devastated in recent years by destructive and deadly hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Western intelligence officials have reportedly urged each country to boost security measures and to provide better protection for ships,especially oil and gas tankers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

There are also Western concerns over high-level corruption in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

For his first trip abroad with an international arrest warrant on his head, President Omar al-Bashir chose another country that has long maintained a defiant posture towards western countries.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Wells Fargo's rugged but beautiful Concord stagecoaches, built in New Hampshire and employed all across the country, became symbolic of the dangerous journeys across the western plains and mountains.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

All of the gunmen remain at large. Lahore,the provincial capital of Punjab province, has been spared much of the violence found in western areas of the country, in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

As Yemen battles al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a Southern separatist movement, and tries to wrap up a six-year old war in the north, Western governments warn their citizens to stay out of the country, scaring off tourists and investors.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Clinton,who is set to visit Haiti on Thursday, said that despite its status as the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, it has made progress in democratic governance since elections in 2006 and stands to take another step forward with elections for a new senate on Sunday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Of the 183 countries voting, Myanmar's ambassador,Than Swe, said if western countries are truly concerned about human rights in his country or any other they should adopt a cooperative approach, instead of a resolution that he called "out of step with the times we live in."

VOA: standard.2009.11.20