But it says that has allowed some long-standing disputes among national and regional leaders to re-emerge and become a concern for the long term.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

We have a whole lot of things that are worth doing Obama has not been talking about scooping out people and helping them, standing around holding shovels in the middle of some forest.

有很多值得去做的事情,奥巴马没有提及,直接帮助人们,摆脱困境。

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"Two aspects of the Taliban: One is,in some places, they're just not standing and fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

A long-standing drought, along with recent devastating bushfires and widespread floods have given some scientists more reason to think that the vast continent is likely to be one of the countries hardest hit by a shifting climate.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

"They're not quite there yet. There have been some serious efforts to deal with a combination of long-standing problems in the auto industry and the current crisis which has seen the market for new cars drop from 14 million [vehicles in annual sales to nine million.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30