The Forum's support is seen as mainly among Ethiopia's two largest ethnic groups, the Amharas and Oromos, which comprise 70 percent of the population.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Launched last year, it seeks to bring an to end the conflict with the PKK, a conflict which is believed to have claimed over 40,000 lives mainly civilians.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Strauss-Kahn said the recent Group of 20 meeting in London, which he attended, was exceptionally successful, mainly because leaders committed themselves to taking all actions necessary to pull the global economy out of its first synchronized, post-World War II downturn.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

"He is at 50 or below in most surveys, and that is mainly because of the economy, which continues to be stubbornly weak, the unemployment rate is very high and still in double-digits, and as a consequence Obama does not have much margin for error,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.06