"A secret inquiry conducted by a clutch of grandees, handpicked by the prime minister is not what Britain needs.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

The poll of more than 6,400 Afghan adults was conducted by the Asia Foundation throughout all 34 provinces in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

There were similar findings in a recent poll conducted by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, says pollster Peter Brown.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The latest polls conducted by Japan's top newspapers show a majority support a DPJ-led government, while approval ratings for Mr.Aso continue to drop.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

A recent public opinion survey conducted by the Washington Post newspaper found that a majority of Americans say the Afghan war is not worth fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Abe says studies conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) point to rising poverty in Japan before the global economic crises in 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Conducted by the U.N.Children's Fund and the University of Ziguinchor, the study says breaking the silence around sexual violence in the region is key to protecting girls.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The survey,conducted by The Washington Post newspaper and ABC News, shows that almost 60 percent of U.S.voters say they lack faith in Mr.Obama's ability to lead the nation.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

A recent undercover investigation conducted by the Humane Society of the United States found chimpanzees in a Louisiana research center being subjected to harsh treatment and painful medical experiments.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

In a recent poll conducted by the Washington Post newspaper and the ABC broadcast network, just over 50 percent of respondents said the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"But I do think that in general we have seen a shift from, for lack of a better term, professionalized terrorist operations to those that are conducted by not exactly amateurs, but folks with less training and less capability generally, technical capability."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

He says finding that out will be crucial. "Whether this was an act of terrorism conducted by al-Qaida central or that of a lone wolf acting independently, we will have to wait and see for the investigation and what comes out of that, but we do know that al-Qaida and their affiliates have a crazed obsession in targeting the aviation industry,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

Fascinated by the training exercises conducted at the base, she promised herself she would enlist in the Marines when she was old enough.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

"The Fijian regime led by Commodore Bainimarama has conducted a military coup, he has violated the constitution, he has refused to hold elections and he's suspended the judiciary,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The University of North Carolina School of Medicine conducted a study that shows that by training local birth attendants in a method promoted by the World Health Organization, the number of still births was reduced by about 30 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11