So we decided Powell should go to the nearest settlement to seek equipment and men to help us with the work.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

It is a trading post and it's there by permission of and under the protection of the King of Egypt, and that's because he wants--it's handy for him to have a merchant settlement of Greeks for him to do business with.

这里是个通商驿站,而且获得了,埃及法老的许可和庇护,因为他认为,与希腊商人通商交易,为他提供了一些便利

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Polk had wanted a peaceful settlement of the differences with Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

Israeli settlement expansion will top the agenda, as U.S.envoy George Mitchell holds separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Residents of the West Bank settlement of Kedumim threw eggs at inspectors and clashed with police who came to enforce the construction freeze.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

and we are working with the settlement community to try to ease the pain involved because we know it is difficult for them,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

U.S.envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but failed to achieve a breakthrough on a halt to Jewish settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Last week, Mr.Netanyahu offered to halt Israeli settlement construction in exchange for normalization with Arab states.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Israel has rejected U.S.demands for a total freeze on settlement construction, souring relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

They said a settlement over distribution of profits with owners of multiplex theaters has paved the way for a number of new releases next week.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

"He threatens with unilateral steps," "Do you think that settlement activity is bilateral?

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Mr.Netanyahu's support for settlement expansion has strained Israel's all-important relations with Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was still hopeful that talks with the Japanese would lead to a negotiated settlement whereby Tokyo would abandon its annual hunt in the Southern Ocean.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood said Clinton,in her calls to the Pakistani leadership on Saturday, urged a non-violent settlement of the confrontation with the opposition and said that there should be no impediments to peaceful, democratic assembly.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton comes to Cairo after angering many Arabs by offering praise for an Israeli offer to curb settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land, an offer that was met with outrage by many Arabs, who continue to demand Israel halt all construction.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03