Party leaders believed their candidates would have a better chance of winning if they opposed the policy.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Hotels in many cities have special deals for New Year's Eve: dinner,Champagne and a party.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

"I have a message, a message from the Tea Party, message that is loud and clear and does not mince words.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

A 218 vote majority would be required but Democrats have faced concerns from moderates and conservatives within their own party.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Chellie Pingree, a Democratic Party congresswoman from Maine,said the legislation will have a number of positive consequences.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

The six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs have been stalled for more than a year, because of a boycott by Pyongyang.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Campbell's former agent Carole White and actress Mia Farrow have said Campbell was given an uncut diamond by Charles Taylor after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

But the six-party talks have stalled over Pyongyang's refusal to accept a verification program for the declaration of its nuclear assets and activities that was agreed to last June.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

She told the court at The Hague that in 1997 supermodel Naomi Campbell claimed to have been given a large diamond by Mr.Taylor after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Liberals within the Democratic Party have been fighting for a public option, saying that it is the only way to spur private insurance companies to keep costs down and offer affordable plans to consumers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

If no single party is able to win a majority of parliament seats, current Prime Minister Gordon Brown would have the right to stay in office until a new government can be formed.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

But despite weeks of negotiations, the three main political parties - the Maoists,the Nepali Congress, and the Communist Party known as UML have failed to reach a consensus on who should head a new government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"Kook means the clueless beginner who paddles his surf board out to the other surfers in the lineup and starts chattering away like it's a cocktail party, completely ignores all the finely-tuned protocols of surf that have developed over decades."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"This situation in which you have got three parties with equal shares of the vote really closely tied to the performance of the third party in the debate is absolutely unprecedented in British politics, we have never seen a situation like this."

VOA: standard.2010.04.22