The policy to promote domestic spending over exports is a stark contrast to previous administrations, led by the Liberal Democratic Party.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"It re-defines the definition of a cash payment back to the previous terms of payment after the ship has been loaded;

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Muslim-American efforts to create and support Islamic schools mirror previous efforts by Roman Catholic and Jewish communities in America.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

The army says up to 15,000 troops in Swat are moving slowly to minimize the collateral damage that helped doom previous operations.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

At the previous conference, President Karzai pledged a commitment to improve security,governance and economic opportunities for Afghans.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

But those previous operations were not successful mainly because militants killed sympathetic tribal leaders and opposition political parties refused to offer their support.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"Our staff found many families fled, abandoning homes or previous displacement areas, to join refugees further south,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He said the current bill corrects previous policies that focused too heavily on military aid to Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

But just released EU statistics show the economy plummeted nearly ten percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared to the previous three months.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

Some politicians claimed the United States had abandoned the region in order to repair relations with Russia, which strongly opposed the previous missile plan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

To sort out the confusion, Hashibe and her colleagues used statistical techniques to, in effect,make one big study out of the previous smaller studies.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

And I think a lot of that previous support is turning to, if not opposition, at least to a sort of weariness and discontent."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Cullum's previous album sold more than two million copies, and led one reviewer to rank him as one of today's top jazz "crossover" artists.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

Mr.Abbas urged the United States to pressure Israel's hawkish new government to uphold previous peace agreements and agree to the creation of a Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17