And there are existing methods, like a machine that can quickly identify chemicals in pills to confirm if the pills are real.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Doctors confirm about sixty thousand new Parkinson's cases in the United States each year.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

The spokesman did confirm that the singer was taking some prescription medications, but could not say whether they played a role in his death.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

South Korean officials in Seoul refuse to confirm or deny the reports.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

While Eleanor Johnson believes there is a strong connection between widespread mistakes in writing and Internet usage, she concedes that the scientific evidence might not exist yet to confirm her suspicions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

While Foreign Office officials will not confirm or deny the widespread media reports here that two Britons employed as private security guards in Iraq have died in captivity, various accounts point to the likelihood that Alan McMenemy and Alec MacLachlan are probably dead.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29