Pyongyang goes on to say what it calls "the reckless military provocations" threaten to prompt a naval clash.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Mr.Obama,due to chaira special U.N.Security Council session Wednesday on nuclear disarmament, said nuclear actions by Iran and North Korea threaten to take the world down a "dangerous slope" toward uncontrolled proliferation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

With no natural predator in the water, and almost no domestic market to sell them as food, Asian Carp threaten to expand into waterways through the city of Chicago, and into Lake Michigan, about 320 kilometers northwest of Havana.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The visit by Secretary of State Clinton to Iraq comes on the heels of a wave of bloody suicide-bombings which threaten to destabilize the country, just weeks before U.S.troops are set to withdraw from major Iraqi cities.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

But intensive logging in this part of Finland has started to threaten the work and culture of this group.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Tim Whittman says the smugglers often threaten their victims and make it difficult for them to pay their debts.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

And it would create a group to identify and regulate companies that are so big, their failure could threaten the economy.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Through this program, different government agencies try to identify visa applicants who could threaten national security.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

One goal is to increase supervision of big companies whose failure could threaten the financial system.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Senators can threaten a bill with unlimited debate unless sixty senators vote to prevent it.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

And armed conflict continues to threaten the lives of millions.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

The FBI says the smugglers often threaten their victims and make it difficult for them to pay off their debts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

He says he wants to ensure that the failure of a single, large financial firm would not threaten the entire economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

It has threatened war if Japan follows through on its vow to shoot down the rocket if it appears to threaten Japanese territory.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Ethiopia has recently attempted to assure oil companies the ONLF no longer has the ability to threaten exploration and production in the Ogaden region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Advocates for public defenders say continued cuts may threaten the programs needed to provide justice for those accused of crimes and for the victims of crime.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"The Brazilian government is gravely concerned that the same people who perpetrated the coup d'etat might threaten the inviolability of the embassy to forcibly arrest President Zelaya,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

He said the United States will "take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that it can't threaten the safety and security of other countries with impunity."

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The president says the bill will subject large and small banks to tougher oversight, and prevent banks from taking so much risk they could collapse and threaten the economy.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

Dagne says highly de-centralized and mobile al-Shabaab forces threaten the Transitional Federal Government, and noted that African Union forces are constrained because they are not authorized to take offensive action.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

They threaten the common security of all nations. A nuclear weapon in the hands of terrorists is a danger to people everywhere, from Moscow to New York to South Asia."

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

"So the fact that the UAE is pressuring RIM to essentially create a back door around its encryption, may actually threaten the reputation of BlackBerry as the most secure smartphone platform."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Mr.Netanyahu's base of support is among Israelis who fear that an independent Palestinian state might fall to radical Islamist rule and threaten the Jewish State - much like has happened in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

"We will strengthen Pakistan's capacity to target those groups that threaten our countries and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists whose location is known and whose intentions are clear,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06