Mohamed ElBaradei says inspectors need access to the site to ensure it is for peaceful purposes, as Iran maintains.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

The prime minister maintains that winning in Afghanistan is crucial to keeping the streets of Britain safe.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Tbilisi says Moscow maintains a position that it has the right to first agree to any action another country wants to take in former-Soviet states such as Georgia.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Iran maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful uses only.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Pyongyang maintains it has a right to peaceful space exploration.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

The United States maintains that the self-described satellite launch would violate U.N.Security Council Resolution 1718, which bans North Korean nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests, and was approved after Pyongyang's 2006 nuclear test.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The eight,which have formed a coalition called the Forum for Democratic Dialogue, say fairness is impossible as long as the prime minister appoints the National Electoral Board and the government maintains its tight control over the media.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Scotland's most senior prosecutor Elish Angiolini maintains a court is the only appropriate forum for determining guilt or innocence and she says she deplores Megrahi's efforts to put his information out into the public domain via the Internet.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20