Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

"First of all, I want everybody here to be careful about what you post on Facebook because in the YouTube age, whatever you do, it will be pulled up again later somewhere in your life.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

U.S.officials have warned North Korea against going ahead with what it says will be the launch of an experimental space satellite early next month.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"What I have seen here, South Africa can give much better, because it is a larger scale and everyone will be looking at South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

It will be not like in Germany or Japan and Korea, but what we saw in the Continental Cup can make us confident of good organization,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

No matter what happens now, it's already done. Global growth will be deeply negative.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

It is not known what specific issues will be covered during the talks Saturday, but the White House said Senator Webb would convey "strong" U.S.views on Burma's political path.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Coast guard officials said it is still not clear what caused the ferry to list and said an investigation will be conducted as soon as rescue operations are over.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

He said a decision will come soon. "It will be one that is fully transparent so the American people understand exactly what we are doing and why we are doing it,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

It is why they are wondering what kind of political solution wants to propose and I think the debate will be how we can get out of Afghanistan without any kind of defeat."

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"We can feel hopeful that whatever was going to happen, which we don't know what it was, that we can rest assured that at least these young people hopefully will be back in the United States."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"President Obama has made it clear that the United States will not be defined simply by what we are against, but by what we are for the opportunity,liberties, prosperity and common aspirations we share with the rest of the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

"It will be interesting to see, perhaps in years and months to come, if what's happening right now with Amiri has anything to do for instance, with the three hikers who have been held in Iran for about a year now."

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

It is not clear what it will be able to do to help revive energy talks with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, During negotiations in the Czech capital,Prague, the three natural-gas producing nations were not convinced by E.U.offers of more trade and stronger transport links in exchange for their participation in a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline, known as Nabucco.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11