He wanted to see Confederate soldiers go back to their homes to become peaceful citizens of a united country.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

"So when they return back home, they've got an occupational health issue that wasn't addressed in the country where they were working.

VOA: special.2011.07.06

She served four years, then was sent back to her native country of Honduras.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The threat may be against their family back in their home country.

VOA: special.2010.06.14

But Carrillo says the stimulus plan and the BOJ loans will not be enough to bring the country's economy back.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

But he says that solutions to those financial problems will not come before the country's economy is back on track.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"And I think we are getting back to what NASA and what the country really likes to see and that is exploration,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Mr.Lee has pushed North Korea to fulfill its pledges to end its nuclear program and had scaled back aid to the impoverished country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

The Iraqi government is under pressure to prove that it is capable of maintaining security inside the country before the June 30 U.S.pull-back.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01

But she said she still faces hostility. If she brushes past somebody in a bus, she is told to go back to her country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

And we're very pleased to see the Pakistani leadership has taken some decisions that are moving the country at least back on a path towards reconciliation."

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

(NO TRANSCRIPTS) However,in a country where the love of gold dates back centuries, jewelry shop owners say they will wait patiently for sales to pick up.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

A conflict the U.S.fought and lost some 40 years ago has come back to haunt a young president, his advisors,his generals, and the country he governs.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

You will come back. And we are looking for you to come back because you are going to experience things that you have never experienced in your country."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"Commonly,it's a threat against their family back in their home country and it's used to put that person in a position where they feel compelled to provide labor or service in the United States."

VOA: standard.2010.05.24

that's not our goal," "What our goal has to be is to advance the clean energy solutions in this country that can strengthen our economy, put people back to work, diversify our energy sources."

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

The so-called Global Political Agreement was an interim set of rules to normalize the tense political situation, and to set the country back on the road to normality through a revised constitution and eventually new elections.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Clinton's telephone diplomacy capped several days of intensive U.S.efforts to help bring Pakistan, as one officials here put it, "back from the brink" of a broader crisis that some analysts say threatened the country's stability.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki already warned lawmakers,Saturday, that a failure to approve the electoral law would cause the government to "lose its legitimacy" and thrust the country back into an atmosphere of chaos and violence.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"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

"What we are doing,folks, we are rolling up our sleeves and we are getting down to business and getting back to the common sense conservative principles that made this country the greatest country on earth, and we are not going to sit down and shut up."

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

"And when other people wanted to cave in, when people wanted to say, including a very powerful man in our party said, 'let's just do children's health care and let's come back at it another day,' she said no,this country needs health care reform, we are going to take on the insurance industry, we are going to get it done."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

"Definitely being in a different country and learning about American culture, American education system and everything else geting a degree here will definitely be valid back in my country so I am very lucky to be here and my goal right after graduation I want to look for some sponsorship opportunities and also being able to stay in the United States to do some kind of work with some Tennis academy and travel a litle bit and play in some Tennis tournaments."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14