Federal Reserve officials announced a plan to purchase up to $300 billion in long-term U.S.government bonds to bolster the nation's economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

At the U.N.-sponsored forum in Japan in 1997 rich countries agreed to cut emissions by up to 15 percent by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Mr.Obama says helping the financial sector is one aspect of an all-out effort to shore up the U.S.economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

On Sunday, the United States overpowered China, coming on a power play against the U.S.team's back-up goaltender in the final three minutes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

U.S.officials are setting up as many as throughout Port-au-Prince to feed more than 200,000 people per day.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

involvement in Afghanistan. On one hand, congressional Republicans are pressing the president to beef up U.S.forces to ensure a victory over al-Qaida and the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Prime Minister Hatoyama agreed. (Speech) Mr.Hatoyama announced plans for a review of U.S.- Japan relations leading up to 50th anniversary of the strategic alliance in 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

Speaking of up-and-coming jazz ensembles,10 bands were selected for a U.S.State Department world tour.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission may end up putting into quarantine hundreds of thousands of ballots until the major allegations stemming from the August 20 election are resolved.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

When completed in several months time, the Mombasa port will join some 20 others in the world participating in the so-called Megaports Initiative set up by the U.S.government in 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

The man in the newly released video , is identified as Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who blew himself up inside a key U.S base in an eastern Afghan region bordering Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

It will also be sold to allied countries. Secretary Gates said that as production of the F-35 is ramped up during the next few years, far more jobs will be added in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

The ethnic Uzbek leader, who was a candidate in the country's 2004 election, is widely reported to be at least partly responsible for the alleged massacre of some 2,000 Taliban prisoners after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and a cover-up of the deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17