The stock market gave a resounding vote of confidence to the Geithner plan as stocks rallied by nearly seven percent, their biggest one-day gain since October.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The U.S. unemployment rate rose sharply in October, hitting 10.2 percent, the highest level since 1983.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The reported advances near the Afghan border come a day after army officials took journalists into the region for the first time since the operation started in mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Since the Pakistani military launched operations against them near the Afghan border in mid-October, most of the militant attacks have targeted security forces, including the country's separate army and naval headquarters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

European skepticism about the vaccine comes as the Stockholm-based European Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports the number of deaths in Europe due to the H1N1 virus has been doubling every two weeks since mid-October.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Financial problems and voter registration issues, particularly issues of nationality and voter eligibility, have already prompted Ivory Coast to push back the election several times since current President Gbagbo's mandate ran out in October 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29