Critics say the situation threatens the fairness of state courts.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

but rather, is there any good reason to think that we're all or most of us are in that situation, are in that state of belief where, although we give lip service to the claim that we're going to die, is there any good reason to believe that fundamentally we don't actually believe it?

而是是否有好的理由认为,我们中全部或者大部分都处于，这样一种相信的状态，虽然我们都声称自己会死，是否有好的理由相信,我们其实根本不相信呢？

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The U.S.State Department has said it wants to see the situation addressed lawfully, without violence or any impediments to democratic activities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

and Netanyahu fears a Palestinian state in the West Bank would lead to a similar situation in Israel's backyard.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

Ugandan Minister of Defense, Crispus Kiyonga, said the African Union force, composed of 2,590 Ugandan troops and 1,600 from Burundi, has so far been able to defend the transitional government's state house, Mogadishu port and airport, but said reinforcements to al-Shabaab have created a difficult situation.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26