The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Brahim Al Ashwah is a 47-year-old father of six who also lives in the camp.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Police say they recovered a pair of AK-47 rifles, two grenades,ammunition,false passports and other counterfeit identification from two men suspected of belonging to the group Hizbul Mujahideen.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The move does not lift the 47-year-old can U.S.trade embargo against Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Mexico was the first country to qualify for the scheme last week, when the IMF agreed to provide it with up to $47 billion in emergency credit for a one-year period.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

But those days are apparently over. The head of the U.S.delegation, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer, told the 47-member Council the United States will work with other nations to forge common ground to protect and advance human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14