She was not a government official or elected representative.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

The only government official at the meeting was a young Interior Ministry representative who was asked to convey the group's documents to his superiors.

VOA: standard.2009.05.15

A more official way of getting information is through a company or government mouthpiece.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

"The only allegations against her was that she communicated with a Russian official through a laptop to laptop communication, without the government specifying the nature of the communications."

VOA: special.2010.07.10

And he ended the idea of an official government religion.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

every year, the government is under pressure to make an official recommendation on how much radiation is safe during a CT scan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.07

The violence led to the Bangkok city government to cancel official celebrations for the Thai New Year, the Songkran festival, which begins Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

A State Department official did not provide details of military aid going to the U.N.-backed transitional government.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Although thousands of people now identify as Taino, the tribe has yet to receive official government recognition or the federal benefits that accompany it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

government's blacklist of drug syndicates. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs made the official announcement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Both measures expand coverage under Medicaid, the existing government program servicing low income Americans, between 133 and 150 percent of the government's official poverty level, for the Senate and House plans respectively.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The final preliminary numbers have been held up because of what the government-run Independent Election Commission describes as "technical problems" with the official forms for the remaining untabulated two percent of ballot boxes.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The same official termed as "disgusting" the hero's welcome the Gadhafi government gave to convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was released from prison by Scottish authorities on Thursday because he suffers from terminal cancer.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Admiral Mullen told a gathering of civilian government executives now that President Karzai's re-election has been made official by the cancellation of the runoff, he must exercise his leadership to convince Afghans his government has their best interests at heart.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But Secretary Gates on the first visit to Tokyo by a senior U.S.official since the new Japanese government took office - says he will remind the new Japanese leaders that Afghanistan is a NATO and coalition effort and that Japan's refueling mission did more to help other countries than it did to help the United States directly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20