Prospects for including Lebanon in the peace process have improved with the victory of a Western-backed coalition in elections, this week.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

Then the first time so he came up a major third there and then quickly backed off with just a half step below it, which completely gave it a different feel.

于是开始的时候,乐曲中出现一个大三和弦,然后快速地降低了半个音,这种变化给人完全不同的感受

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The central bank also announced that it would purchase up to $750 billion of additional mortgage-backed securities, which lost value with the collapse of the U.S.housing market.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

She urged both sides to return to talks as soon as possible and backed Israel's assertion that all demands over settlements should be dealt with during negotiations,not sooner.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

The crowd outside the courthouse watched anxiously as one by one, each with a canvas-covered bed, backed up to a courtroom door and, out of the view of onlookers, deposited handcuffed defendants for a brief appearance before a judge.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Since Ethiopia's withdrawal in January, al-Shabab began cooperating with another Islamist group called Hisbul Islam to topple the U.N.-backed, but weak transitional federal government, and to force more than 5,000 AU peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi to abandon their mission.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Mr.Ban welcomed President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that he would accept a runoff with his closest rival, Abdullah Abdullah, after the U.N.-backed audit of the August 20 vote found nearly a quarter of all votes were fraudulent and had to be thrown out.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20