"It's difficult to say what the reasons are." "It has happened with spare parts for important medical equipment for hospitals.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Spokesman Kelly said the United States disagreed "passionately" with the decision of Scottish authorities to release Megrahi on health reasons.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

James Sherr,with the London-based research organization Chatham House, says there are two reasons for Russia's position, especially when it comes to Ukraine's NATO membership bid.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

They cite Russia's brief war with Georgia and Russia's confrontations with Ukraine over natural gas supplies last year as reasons to remain skeptical about the Kremlin's intentions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

While the exact reasons are unknown, a diet of foods that quickly release sugar into the bloodstream is associated with a greater risk of Type 2 diabetes.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

Ronald Suny, with the University of Chicago, sees other reasons why Georgia's and Ukraine's NATO membership bids are In his words, on the very,very distant back burner.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

And secondly Israel, even though itself, its people originally suffered a great holocaust - the great genocide of World War II - has not recognized it, again for strategic reasons, its connection with Turkey."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"Influenza is unpredictable," There is no way to determine how it is going to react among any one person or group of people, so for those reasons, people cannot really account for what is going to happen if they go into a situation with the intention of getting H1N1."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18