Now,he says,people must not permit Haiti's poorest citizens to return to the terrible conditions that existed even before the earthquake.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

On Friday, European Union leaders urged the government to permit all citizens the right to assemble and express themselves peacefully.

VOA: special.2009.06.20

They wanted to build a country that included many religions, where citizens were free to follow their own beliefs.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

He wanted to see Confederate soldiers go back to their homes to become peaceful citizens of a united country.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

What may be more important to most Americans than religion among their fellow citizens is a government free of it.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

He said he was sure that all good citizens -- North and South -- would accept the high court's ruling.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

And even though a great civil war was being fought, citizens of the North prepared to choose a leader.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

The citizens of Ada knew he had been arrested several times but had always been released for lack of evidence.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

It left more than a million other people homeless in a nation where most citizens were already living in deep poverty.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

They are not accepted in Thai schools because they are not citizens of the country and do not speak Thai.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

He said he would not have the future citizens of California and New Mexico blaming Henry Clay for slavery there.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

They said the new state governments of the South would not treat blacks as free and equal citizens.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

But his defense lawyer asked the jury to decide if citizens have the right to criticize public officials.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

This use of government troops to end strikes caused many citizens to vote against the ruling Republican Party.

VOA: special.2010.06.10