Combating border violence is expected to top discussions with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, along with trade and commercial issues and immigration concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Joblessness stands at 9.5 percent, and many economists expect it to top 10 percent in coming months.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

He is encouraging banks to adopt new rules to limit payments to top executives in future crises.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

In a speech at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington on Monday, Mr.Fillon listed four key issues that France wants to top the agenda at the economic summit.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Meanwhile,with global growth expected to top four percent in 2010 compared to a decline of .6 percent in 2009, industry leaders in the United States say they are optimistic that the total number of foreign visitors will start to grow.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Since nineteen fifty-three, more than ten thousand people have attempted to climb to the top of the world's highest mountain.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

It held for a while. Then Union soldiers acting without orders forced their way to the top of the hill.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

Visitors who are not experienced rock climbers can follow a steep man-made path that takes them to the top.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The final product is supposed to produce a top that can not only move in circles, but write or scribble.

VOA: special.2010.12.28

The CIA job would go to David Petraeus, currently the top American general in Afghanistan, if the Senate approves the nominations.

VOA: special.2011.06.11

States that want to take part in the Race to the Top cannot have rules that bar performance-based pay for teachers.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

At that rate,officials estimate that more than one hundred thousand people will be able to climb to the top each year.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

At indoor centers, climbers have many different paths they can use to get to the top of the walls.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

This year,on July fourth, visitors once again will be able to climb inside the statue all the way to the top.

VOA: special.2009.06.29