Pumps that were used to keep the mine dry have not been in operation since its closure.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Since taking office, Mister Obama has ordered the closure of the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

In one of his first official actions, he ordered the closure of the American detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

"A needle that goes through the skin needs to be as sharp as possible because that's going to be associated with the easiest access, the more slick closure, and the less pain when somebody has, say their blood drawn or their skin closed."

VOA: special.2010.02.10

"The international consensus about maintaining this closure of Gaza has broken down badly and it is no longer sustainable."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

A restaurant association in Mexico City says the closure of businesses there is costing the city $57 million a day.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The House of Representatives also dropped funding for Guantanamo's closure in its version of the war funding legislation, which passed last week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"UNRWA is helping us." "I remember the first days of the closure when we had no flour, the U.N.gave us flour and food.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Engineers say the closure of the Ignalina plant in the town of Visaginas happened on New Year's Eve shortly before midnight local time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

In Ukraine,HIV/AIDS patients and their supporters protested earlier this month against the possible closure of an HIV ward at a hospital in Kiev.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

Although Israel says the blockade is essential for its national security, scenes like this have some in Israel questioning whether the closure has worked.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

Chrysler and GM are under pressure from senators to provide greater support for the dealerships that are facing closure with parking lots full of unsold cars.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

with the withdrawal from Iraq, the willingness for peace the closure of Guantanamo."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats decided to strip the war funding bill of the money for Guantanamo's closure until President Obama has a detailed plan for handling the detainees.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The Democratic-led Senate voted 90 to 6 to deny the Obama administration the $80 million it sought for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility by early next year.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

She says the exhumations will continue, since they are the best way to bring closure to families who have been in doubt for decades about the fate of their family members.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

The country's presumptive new Prime Minister Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama - has called for a review of the bases agreement and the closure of the Futenma facility altogether.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

The closure of the country's nuclear facility comes amid a debate on how to establish a more secure energy future for the European Union, which is heavily dependent on Russian energy supplies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Besson rejects criticism over the closure, saying the zone, known locally as "the jungle", was not a humanitarian camp but rather a hub for human traffickers and a place where people were exploited.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Restaurant and night club owners, and employees have been protesting the closure of their workplaces outside of government offices, arguing that the measures taken to prevent the spread of the virus are depriving them of their livelihood.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

"As far as I can tell, everything remains on track for action to be taken with regards to the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility according to the timeline proscribed by the president in the executive order."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Although many Democrats and some Republicans favor shutting down the detention center, which they argue has come to exemplify the extreme antiterrorism tactics that have hurt the U.S.image abroad, they oppose funding the closure before a plan is in place on what to do with the 240 detainees being held there.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20