While many U.S.cities have suffered because of the recession, one town in the southern state of Alabama, has fared surprisingly well.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

And because of the alleged fraud, in late January, the U.S.government suspended $7 million from the Education Sector Support Program.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Analysts have also been skeptical of this claim because the Pakistani Taliban have been targeting Pakistan, not the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

"Because 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the U.S.-Russian relationship has to be about more than just security and arms control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The U.S.State Department has a travel advisory for Timbuktu because of past terrorist activities in the region by the group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

But former CIA officer Robert Grenier says the claim may well be true because of their threats of retaliation over U.S.drone aircraft attacks against the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Arizona Republicans say the state needed to take action because U.S.officials have failed to enforce existing laws that could stop the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

Afghan analyst Candace Rondeaux of the International Crisis Group says that puts the United States in an awkward position because the U.S.and Mr.Karzai are inextricably linked in Afghan minds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

U.S.authorities have closed to fishing because of the spill.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

"There is a perception that the U.S. does not really want democracy in the Muslim world because of the fear of what might come out of that and,in particular, that Islamist parties might prevail."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

It is like a miracle." African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra says the deal reached in Addis Ababa will not be enough to remove A.U.sanctions imposed on Madagascar because of the coup.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Brazil dominated the match overall, but trailed the United States until the final minutes of the game because of two early U.S.goals the first by Clint Dempsey in the 10th minute and the second by Landon Donovan in the 37th.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

Although a major oil producer, Iran must import most of its gasoline because of a lack of refining capacity, creating what U.S.lawmakers have long seen as a crucial point of leverage with Tehran over its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Does it need refinement in some way?" "And if it does need some adjustment in light of the events that have taken place over the last number of months, including the election and so on, and then what are the implications of that in terms of General McChrystal's resource request?" The secretary said the United States will not abandon its core mission in Afghanistan, which President Obama described as the destruction of the al-Qaida terrorist network, because it is "critical" to U.S.national security.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23