Jackson's close friend, the actress Elizabeth Taylor,said she was too distraught to issue a statement.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Assistant Secretary Posner said the State Department expects to issue,by year's end, a new list of countries of particular concern on religious freedom, which would be subject to possible U.S.sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama said Japan would press for the ASEM meeting to issue a joint statement condemning the nuclear test, apart from the conference's normal closing statement.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

At the spring meetings, many development activists will push for the IMF and World Bank to issue funds to poor countries as grants rather than loans, which they say could lead to a second debt crisis in Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"That should not be known as a great country." In issuing its ruling, the Supreme Court sent the case back to Chicago for a lower court to issue the final decision, so the gun ban remains temporarily in effect.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

You don't have to be a VIP celebrity." Some experts say famous people may bring public awareness to an issue.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

There's no real cure to AIDS. But there is a cure to the landmine issue, and that is removal.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

One issue related to that fight is how to deal with the growing threat of terrorism from within the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

To guarantee continued support for the war, Lincoln was forced to recognize that the issue of slavery was, in fact,a major issue.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Even after his appeal, Congress may consider the issue too divisive to deal with before the November elections.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

But in Rome, German swimmer Paul Biedermann said the growing attention to the issue made him mad.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Most people say the letters GI were a short way to say general issue or government issue.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

There was still a chance that the North and South would go to war over the issue.

VOA: special.2009.04.23