There was generally favorable response across the political spectrum in Muslim countries to the president's public statements - such as a pledge made before Turkey's Parliament in Ankara.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Provincial officials in the North-West Frontier Province repeated demands for militants in the Malakand division to honor their pledge to disarm after the government agreed to implement Islamic law throughout the district.

VOA: standard.2009.04.27

Family and friends of jailed U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi are saying they are relieved she has decided to put an end to her two-week old hunger strike, in the aftermath of an Iranian pledge to hear her appeal next week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06