China is particularly keen to secure supplies of oil and natural gas to fuel its rapidly expanding industries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"South Africa is very keen to drum up support and worldwide interest in the World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Southeast Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions anywhere and international experts have been keen to learn from the catastrophic events in the state of Victoria earlier this year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"We don't understand how come a mediator who was supposed to defend the cause of democracy will help us to embrace something we've been fighting for nine months, thinking that we were willing or keen to accept a token of gratitude from the general,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

General Ken Keen,who is commanding U.S.military relief operations in Haiti, says logistical obstacles to aid delivery are being overcome.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

General Keen says U.S.troops are working to assume more responsibility for aid distribution, which will allow U.N.peacekeepers in Haiti to focus on security concerns.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

"As you know,the secretary-general, Ban ki-moon is very keen on the so-called Responsibility to Protect,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

I was seven or eight years old and from that age on I really got keen at going to the sea and knowing about the ocean."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"For the markets right now, it is a shock because everybody is waiting to see what can come next because such a shocking effect, to do it overnight, is not good for a market which is keen on transparency."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19