Ad Melkert told the Security Council that the delays affect the rebuilding of basic services in Iraq.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The top United Nations diplomat in Iraq says the delays are creating conditions that opponents of democracy could use for their own gain.

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The National Institutes of Health says carbidopa delays the changes in levodopa until it reaches the brain.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Nicoli Nattrass blames the former government of Thabo Mbeki for delays in providing antiretroviral drugs.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

She says the onset of maternal complications is unpredictable, and the response is often slowed by what health experts call "the three delays".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

In a briefing to the Security Council, he noted that the delays are also affecting the rebuilding of the country's basic infrastructure and services.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Some passengers who were among the first to undergo increased screening said they faced extensive searches in Paris, but shorter delays at Dulles Internatonal Airport outside of Washington.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Both sides are also reported resolving a disagreement over India's purchase of the Admiral Gorshkov, Russia's Soviet-era aircraft carrier, whose modernization has run into serious delays and cost overruns.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

(Speaking) Bdi says although they can't exactly get back the time lost as a result of these technical delays, other steps in the process can be accelerated to ensure that the vote happens on schedule.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Major concerns over delays in the construction of facilities, including stadium updates and practice fields at a number of the eight venues spread across the country, seem to have been resolved at the last moment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22