Republican lawmakers appear skeptical, but Republican governors say they are sharing ideas with their Democratic counterparts on the state level.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad told his counterparts that he hoped "fraternal and peaceful relations prevail in the region,once again .

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

And many farmers growing GE crops have seen economic benefits like higher yields,lower costs, and more flexibility than their conventional-farming counterparts.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

In addition to this major benefit, Sun points out that less refined grains tend to have more nutritional benefits than their refined counterparts.

VOA: standard.2010.06.25

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeir says the fraud allegations cannot be ignored and his European counterparts will insist the complaints be thoroughly scrutinized.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

A group of the island's top business leaders is visiting New Delhi to entice more of their Indian counterparts to invest in Sri Lanka.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Can we save ourselves from those problems?" Mr.Karzai also requested from his two counterparts that outside parties be allowed to participate in future tri-partite summits.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

Recently,Sunni and Shi'ite clerics met with Christian counterparts at the National Cathedral in Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Zamarripa says US officials are well aware of the continuing bloodshed in Juarez and surrounding areas and want to help Mexican counterparts gain control of the situation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Senior U.S.Envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, emerged from meetings with South Korean counterparts in Seoul holding firm to Washington's insistence that Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities must be ended.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Gates met Saturday afternoon with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

After meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Morocco, Clinton sought to deflect that criticism, saying none of her counterparts characterized what she said in Jerusalem as representing a change in U.S.position.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

But,last April, when Turkish President Abdullah Gul hosted a forum on Afghanistan with his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts, Iran was among the few participating countries not to send a representative at the Presidential level.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

An Iranian delegation, including Oil Minister Massoud Mir-Kazemi, met with Turkish counterparts in Ankara this week, to sign a deal to build a new natural gas pipeline and to increase gas sales to Turkey.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Since the financial crisis began in the United States (in 2007), US officials are under pressure to assure their counterparts that they are taking decisive action to safeguard and repair the banking system.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

"It is absolutely imperative that America takes leadership, working with not just our Russian counterparts but countries all around the world, to reduce and ultimately eliminate the dangers that are posed by nuclear weapons,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.19

A Pentagon official estimated that allies added between 5,000 and 6,000 troops to help with election security, and said U.S.officials have been asking their counterparts in other countries to have the troops stay.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

She says that a number of her counterparts were not aware that the Israeli offer included an end to all new settlement activity in the West Bank, an end to the expropriation of Palestinian land,and an end to any new construction permits.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02