And it's a serious issue. And we hope that we can be able to provide more funding to combat suicide."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

The goal is to withdraw all combat troops by next September, but leave thousands of troops to train Iraqi forces.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

She believed that training women to serve as support pilots at home could free up men to fly combat operations overseas.

VOA: special.2010.11.08

They withdrew under a security agreement that calls for American combat forces to leave Iraq by the end of two thousand eleven.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

She was the first woman to be permitted to work in combat areas during World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

President Obama again promised to remove all American combat troops from Iraq by the end of August.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Mister Quinn says efforts to combat the problem must also be increased at the community level.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

And he said the number of facilities supplying anti-retroviral drugs used to combat AIDS would be doubled from 500 to 1,000.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Policy Officer at the ILO's Special Action Program to Combat Forced Labor Beate Andrees says migrant workers see themselves as risk-takers.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Campbell says an aggressive approach used to combat drug use among Afghan security and police forces might work elsewhere.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

military surge in Iraq, said multiple brigades of combat, support and training forces are needed to turn around a deteriorating situation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Pope Benedict has said the Catholic Church teaching of abstinence and fidelity is the only way to combat the AIDS problem.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

But U.S.officials say many of those cartels have infiltrated American law enforcement agencies assigned to combat the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

U.N.humanitarian chief John Holmes, met with government officials in the capital and asked for immediate humanitarian access to the combat zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

The Obama administration's efforts to combat the recession include an $800 billion economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

The United States has committed to send an additional 17,000 troops to Afghanistan this year for combat and training missions.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

And there are public-private grants to invest in economic empowerment, combat violence against women and improve access to education and health care.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

They are backed by a new squad, known as Combat Battalion for Resolute Action or COBRA formed specifically to take on Naxalites.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

And while international aid to combat terrorism in Yemen has increased in recent months, humanitarian agencies say they are running out of money.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

He says in the short term, the most effective way to combat piracy is with military force.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

"But there are all sorts of stimuli for people to eat, which is very hard to combat."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Yemeni officials say the international funding is not nearly enough to combat poverty, which they say is the real security threat in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

The commander of U.S.forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has urged a dramatic troop increase to combat militants and help stabilize the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

But many of the NATO troops are not allowed to engage in combat operations or even to operate in violent parts of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

To combat a severe economic slowdown, governments of major economies sharply boosted spending to stimulate activity.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

Sri Lanka has rejected international calls for relief workers to gain access to the combat zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26