President Pierce agreed. Relations between the Mormons and the government did not improve in the next three years.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

But relations between workers and growers in California worsened under a new state government.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

The Spanish government immediately broke relations.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

That arrest led to Rwanda asking the German government to recall its ambassador, seriously straining relations between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

The U.S.-Burma meetings this week follow signs of a possible thaw in relations between the military government and Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Saffeen Dizayee spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish government, says this is a new era in bilateral relations .

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

The Israelis are responsible for this. It's wrong that Turkey has close relations with the Israeli government and army, which is responsible for these deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Before taking questions from tribal leaders, the president signed a memorandum asking every cabinet agency to give him a detailed plan to improve the government's relations with American Indians.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The United States,which is a sponsor of the Middle East peace talks, says Israeli settlements are an obstacle to peace, and the issue has strained relations with Israel's right-wing government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

"If the current posture of the Israeli government on Gaza continues it would not be difficult to predict that Turkish and Israeli relations will continue to be difficult and fragile,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Relations between Pakistan and the U.S.government remain tense.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

The government public relations campaign, called "1Malaysia,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

While calling the Cuban statement hostile and reminiscent of the Cold War, Susan Rice said the Obama administration is committed to trying to write a new chapter in relations with Cuba by engaging the Havana government.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Clinton is discounting reports of a major crisis in U.S.-Israel relations, but she is making clear that she wants to see substantial gestures by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to repair damage from last week's housing announcement.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16