President Medvedev says Russiaand India want peaceful nuclear technology to remain under the strict control of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Security forces stepped up checkpoints and patrols across the country, strict curfews were enforced and borders and airports closed.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

There are strict measures of financial accountability, but the Congress has imposed those on the U.S.executive branch,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

Authorities in Queensland have put strict precautions into place to try to stop the spread of infection from the Pacific Dawn cruise ship.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The president also dismissed any notion of arbitration or strict timetables in the ongoing peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians, a strict Protestant sect originally from what is now the Czech Republic and eastern Germany.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

He says Indonesia's less strict laws attract terrorists from other countries, like Malaysian Noordin Top who is the suspected mastermind of the recent Jakarta bombings.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

In 1985,Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ordered dramatic cuts in the production of wines and spirits and introduced strict controls on the public consumption of alcohol.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

That runs counter to strict sanctions still in place covering other trade with these nations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

The governments of Canada and Australia have a strict policy against making ransom payments.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Members of the House of Representatives,saying there is not a second to wait, have sent a letter to President Barack Obama, urging him to impose strict sanctions on Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.04.14

Cape Verde Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira Neves says the Economic Community of West African States defends strict compliance with constitutional order and respect for the rule of law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Other past governments also imposed media controls. In addition, Thailand's strict lese majeste laws, aimed at protecting the revered monarchy, make it illegal to say or publish anything deemed to defame the monarchy.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06