Mr.Zuma said the global economic crisis highlighted the need to reform the international financial system and multilateral lending groups like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

Mr.Obama highlighted steps that already have been taken to save money - from consolidating facilities at the Department of Agriculture to a shifting from business trips to video conferencing at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Top Arab broadcasters Al Arabiya and Al Jazeera TV highlighted the news that President Obama is planning a visit to Cairo on June 4, noting that relations between the Arab world and the United States have improved significantly since the end of the Bush Administration.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09