"The occasion of the CRC's is an opportunity for us all to reflect upon the injustice of such disparities, and to rededicate our efforts to realizing the rights of these excluded children, as well as to sustain the gains made to date."

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"More alarmingly,WHO estimates if the combined effect of decreased financial and political commitment were to be sustained or continued, this could result to a return of a half a million measles deaths each year by 2012, wiping out the gains made over the past 18 years."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Republicans are fighting to retake Congress from the Democratic Party of President Obama and make gains in state elections.

VOA: special.2010.09.18

But the social gains that minorities made in the nineteen sixties and seventies led the way to shows like "The Jeffersons."

VOA: special.2009.05.04

The five-page summary of the Afghanistan and Pakistan Annual Review says "there are notable operational gains."

VOA: special.2010.12.18

He says the new cell is one of the most important scientific gains ever made.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

In Oman,women have made gains in areas of higher education, the work force and politics.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

The situation threatens gains made in its rhino populations in the nineteen nineties.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

More recent research suggested that those gains are the same whether you exercise for short periods over five days or longer sessions over two or three days.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

Financial stocks have had some of the largest gains.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Meanwhile,the Pakistani military has reported more gains against Taliban militants in the ongoing offensive in and round the northwestern Swat Valley.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

"And once we emerge from the immediate crisis, the long-term economic gains to communities that have been left behind in the digital age will be immeasurable."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

But Gomez ends "Try to Remember" on a positive note, as Gabi gains self-confidence, educates herself and finds the strength to become an independent young woman.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

But the military has yet to launch a ground offensive there because it says it is consolidating gains in the Swat Valley before expanding the anti-insurgency activity.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

He says the economy is growing for the first time in a year, productivity is surging, companies are reporting profits and the stock market is showing gains.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

"For the working class women they ask for gains is not enough, yes,salary or what they should get, so this is what is right for them to do today,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

The three-party alliance made unprecedented inroads in the 2008 general elections but those gains were also attributed to widespread anger over the government's handling of problems such as graft and racial inequality.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

For Mr.Abbas' political allies and for the Israelis, there is concern that elections held now might mean gains for the militant Islamist Hamas faction, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"What you want to see over time is this number move not only below 450 , but below 400,000 before the economy is generating the strong job gains that we would all like to see.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

"Additional forces will begin to deploy shortly,". "And by this time next year, new security gains will be illuminated by specific indicators and it will be clear to us that the insurgency has lost the momentum.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

He says American forces will be able to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaida in Afghanistan as they made significant gains against insurgents in Iraq if the president sends enough troops and other resources to do the job.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

"We have to protect the social gains that we have made in this hemisphere over the past decade,and ensure that the economic recovery of all the countries in the hemisphere does not come at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.15