The left-of-center Mr.Rudd wants the scheme to be working by July of next year.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

In an emotional speech on the floor of the Senate, Veteran-Democrat Robert Byrd, suggested the U.S.military mission and Afghanistan has become lost in what he called some broader scheme of nation-building.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Australia's defenses against the outbreak of the H1N1 virus will be boosted when mass flu vaccinations start next month after officials fast-tracked a scheme capable of covering it's entire population of 21 million people.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Dubai World says it will restructure less than half of the nearly The new scheme will look at options for deleveraging, including asset sales,and will apply to the conglomerate's main property firms, Nakheel and Limitless.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

Madoff admitted he had been defrauding thousands of clients since the early 1990s - operating a classic Ponzi scheme - using the money that new customers invested to pay those who wanted to withdraw funds.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"The scheme to radically change the sources and the cost of American energy, through a system known as 'cap and trade' may be well intentioned, but it will cost us dearly in jobs and income, and it stands no chance of achieving its objective of a cooler earth,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.30