Referring to the joint statement issued by the presidents, Nesterenko reiterated several areas of cooperation, including strategic arms reduction.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

He is referring to reports that the Army was planning a coup following the end of the 25-year-long civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

The prime minister was referring to the growing influence of armed Maoist rebels in poor and underdeveloped regions inhabited by tribal groups.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Many in the country's urban elite and middle class routinely use such insults when referring to rural residents.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The admiral was referring to the new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan that President Obama announced on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Referring to President Obama's new Afghan strategy, spokesman Nesterenko said some points require greater detail, but in general, it is well grounded and thought out.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Secretary Clinton warned against those seeking to disrupt the peace process, referring to dissident republicans who killed two British soldiers and a policeman earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Referring to mission creep in Afghanistan, Byrd went on to question the need for 30,000 to 40,000 additional troops requested by the U.S.and NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Referring to what he called vigorous debates in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

He was referring to a resolution by the U.N.Human Rights Council last week which approved the Goldstone Report, accusing the Jewish state of war crimes during the Gaza conflict last December and January.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Lynn was referring to decades of controversy over whether it was possible to develop a missile that could hit and destroy an incoming missile in flight, and to do so at a reasonable and sustainable cost.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

When Flournoy speaks of changing the focus of U.S.efforts, she is partly referring to the drawdown of U.S.troops from Iraq, the troop buildup in Afghanistan and efforts through the budget process to provide more civilian assistance for Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

But Ayatollah Khamenei, without referring to Rafsanjani or the reformist camp by name, insisted that it is not permissible to level criticism at the system, and that those who do so "will be hated by the people for causing strife."

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

(Recording) Yoon says the North Korean leader is trying to "lower his son down safely from the back of a tiger, without getting eaten" a metaphor referring to Kim Jong Il's apparent plans for his youngest son to take over one day.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23