The ministers agreed on the need to find new ways for sustaining economic growth, which has largely depended on the U.S.market.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

"The government right now and the ministers of tourism, they only have in mind these big hotels.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Singapore's Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said none of the ministers called for any sudden or significant change in exchange rates, but said they should remain flexible.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

The ministers used waterproof markers to sign the document, printed on a white board.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

And he said the ministers also agree on the approach for accomplishing that.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

(sound) He says all the ministers profited from their discussions and the decisions that were arrived at stemmed from their debate and had not been cooked up in advance.

VOA: standard.2009.07.23

One of the demands of the Muslim Brotherhood is to change the constitution to involve parliament in appointing prime ministers.

VOA: special.2011.02.05

Ministers told their people that God had taken Lincoln because the president had completed the job God had given him.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Instead,the leaders said they will order their finance ministers to develop a set of "indicative guidelines" early next year.

VOA: special.2010.11.13

European Union finance ministers are expected to talk about Greece when they meet in the Belgian capital next week.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

The presidents and prime ministers launched what they called a Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Secretary Clinton presented the idea to NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The NATO ministers agreed to restart high-level contacts with Russia.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

In diplomacy,the chief ministers are unquestionably important in negotiations.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

Rasmussen and Gates also reported that the NATO defense ministers endorsed the Obama Administration's approach to European missile defense.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

"An empowered group of ministers has been set up to study whether any changes in the law are necessary.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

One 2004 inquiry into the intelligence used to justify the war cleared government ministers of wrongdoing, but criticized the intelligence used.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

At the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem,right-wing ministers condemned the army plan, including Silvan Shalom of Mr.Netanyahu's Likud party.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

A spokesperson for the ruling Congress Party, Jayanti Natarajan, says a group of nine senior ministers will examine the issue.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Finance ministers from both the seven richest industrial countries and the Group of 20 were holding separate sessions on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

She says health ministers attending this week's Assembly should take the opportunity to respond to threats to their health systems.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

His eight ministers of the center right cabinet were appointed later in the day by President Laszlo Solyom.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

The APEC leaders' week in Singapore includes meetings of finance, trade and foreign ministers as well as the heads of international companies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo says during informal discussions, APEC foreign ministers touched on the financial crisis, economic coordination, and financial reforms.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Since the early 1950s, only three prime ministers have come from opposition parties, all leading brief coalition governments in the mid 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Mr.Medvedev told a meeting of government ministers in Moscow the global economic crisis has caused a sharp decline in Russian federal revenues.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25