Along with protecting local Afghans and reducing violence are new efforts to cut off the funding of the Taliban and other Afghan insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

This year's report focuses on how well countries are doing in reaching eight-stated Millennium Development Goals, including cutting poverty by half and reducing child and maternal mortality.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

Where the world's poorest countries are concerned, the G20 says that narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty are integral to a broader objective of achieving strong,sustainable and balanced growth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

It wants parents to reduce the risk of choking by first cutting hot dogs in half lengthwise, cutting grapes into quarters and reducing the size of other foods that can get stuck in children's throats.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The Obama administration has made clear that it wants to "reset" relations with Russia, so the two former Cold War foes can cooperate on Iran, fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan,and reducing their vast nuclear arsenals.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

It will do that,he says, by reducing the cost of computers and increasing the number of people who search the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

But Mister Zundt says reducing air pollution and acid rain will reduce respiratory illnesses for people in the city.

VOA: special.2009.09.07

Some college presidents and others have suggested that a lower drinking age could have the effect of reducing alcohol abuse.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

The group has simpler ideas -- like reducing water use at schools and other buildings in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Getting plenty of sleep, reducing stress and eating a diet high in vitamins and minerals can also help.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

President Obama aims to defeat the Taliban by sending more troops and development aid to Afghanistan while reducing troop strength in Iraq.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

He says major progress has been made since nineteen seventy in reducing deaths of mothers and children.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The Ford Foundation says the goals include strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and increasing international cooperation.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

We are planning on becoming carbon-neutral and,in fact,reducing our footprint by forty percent by twenty twenty-five.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

They said this was likely a result of the legal drinking age being raised to twenty-one and other policy changes aimed at reducing underage drinking.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Aspirin competes with many other medicines for reducing pain and high body temperature.

VOA: special.2010.12.14

The Lorena was very good at reducing smoke and warming homes.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

"Just helping women farmers have the same access to inputs and control of resources that male farmers have would really do a lot in terms of improving agriculture productivity, reducing hunger and malnutrition."

VOA: special.2011.03.22

"We estimate in WHO that over thirty million lives can be saved in the next ten years by simple measures -- reducing the level of salt by fifteen to twenty percent, reducing the amount of tobacco, and increasing the number of people who are at risk of a heart attack and stroke to be on simple preventive treatment."

VOA: special.2011.05.11

It is called the initiative for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, where local population would be paid to protect forests.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

But this year, large parts of rural India have been hit by drought, reducing incomes and raising food prices.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Oxfam's Nisha Agarwal says the project could be a powerful way of introducing transparency, reducing bureaucracy and reaching the poor effectively.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Collecting patient data or ordering drugs and lab tests using handheld devices can be very effective in reducing errors.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Now is the time for us to lead,". One of the bill's main provisions calls for reducing carbon dioxide and other emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27