Manber says the results must be independently replicated, and scientists need to better understand the mechanisms of how acupuncture therapy works.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

"All these elements who were training there, who were stationed there, are out of the place and could be acting independently,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Nikolai Petrov,a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center, says that unlike Abkhazia, which is rich in natural resources, South Ossetia is not capable of existing independently.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

"This is one of the clearest calls repeatedly rendered to the government of Sri Lanka - that the U.N.be allowed to access the area so we can assess independently the situation of civilians,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

A camera only shows women's legs walking on high heels disappearing in the crowd, while an announcer encourages women to vote "independently" in the presidential and local elections Sunday in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

He says finding that out will be crucial. "Whether this was an act of terrorism conducted by al-Qaida central or that of a lone wolf acting independently, we will have to wait and see for the investigation and what comes out of that, but we do know that al-Qaida and their affiliates have a crazed obsession in targeting the aviation industry,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.27