The law ordered harsh punishment for any person found guilty of these crimes.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

The defense team considers that punishment harsh, and feels that it does not really correspond with what Muntader al-Zaidi did.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Mr.Netanyahu warned Lebanon not to test Israel's resolve, saying there would be a harsh military response to any further attacks.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

And in so doing, they have diverted people's minds from the incredibly harsh economic conditions that beset the country,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

It is a strong feeling, but the harsh realities of costs and benefits are likely to be around for future generations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Bereket had harsh words for Ethiopia's Horn of Africa rival Eritrea, which the United States accuses of backing al-Shabab in Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.08.20

Like Sudan, the Eritrean regime has come under harsh criticism from Western human rights groups for repressive policies.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . had harsh words for his political adversaries from the opposition reform movement.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

And with the harsh winter weather just weeks away, Bessler says his office is coordinating closely with Pakistani agencies to help those displaced.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Pandya says this is exacerbating peoples' suffering during months of freezing temperatures during Afghanistan's harsh winters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

But the Afghan leader also has had harsh words for international forces operating in his country, condemning airstrikes and nighttime raids that kill civilians.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

He said the harsh interrogation techniques used on a few detainees were legal, essential and justified.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

But the Navajo homeland is harsh country, where it's hard to find good-paying jobs and all too easy to fall sway to alcoholism and despair.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"The American taxpayers provided billions of dollars,and ultimately, the auto dealers are on the frontlines with the harsh consequences of the failure at the top,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.04