The queen praised the United Nations for its role in reducing conflict, offering humanitarian assistance and tackling the effects of poverty in many parts of the world.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

There are also indications the new strategy will include additional aid for Pakistan, conditioned on improvements in the way the government is tackling the problem of militants along the Afghan border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

President Obama will speak on Tuesday about his plans for tackling the nation's In his weekly radio and Internet address, Mr.Obama says the drop from October's 10.2 percent jobless rate is a positive trend, but he is not satisfied.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06