The delays mean countries have bought or leased other planes in the meantime.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Such tests,he adds, may also be aimed at frightening other countries in the region, like the Gulf States, or southern European nations that have U.S.or other Western bases on their soil,and might be involved in the logistics of an eventual attack.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Of the 183 countries voting, Myanmar's ambassador,Than Swe, said if western countries are truly concerned about human rights in his country or any other they should adopt a cooperative approach, instead of a resolution that he called "out of step with the times we live in."

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

"We are there to protect the streets of Britain, we are there because al-Qaida poses a threat to us as well as it does to other countries and we are there because if al-Qaida took control again or had an influence in Afghanistan, under a Taliban government, then the people of this government would not be safe,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.14