The U.N.report was based,in part, on one hundred ten national reports on action taken to reduce or stop the loss of biodiversity.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Hamish Fraser of the U.S.-based non-profit group Partners in Health, says several studies have demonstrated how the technology can help patients.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Unemployment in Michigan is the highest of any of the 50 states in the U.S.auto industry, which is based in Michigan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

A team has arrived from U.S.-based Boeing Aircraft to assist in efforts to determine the cause of the crash.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

Misabiko's African Association for the Defense of Human Rights receives grants from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said there will be consequences for Pakistan if Pakistani-based terrorists launch a successful attack on U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The move comes after McChrystal apologized on Monday for comments he and his staff made to the popular U.S.-based magazine Rolling Stone.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The U.S.-based National Democratic Institute says aspects of the election "were in accordance with democratic principles."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

The group,based along the border with Afghanistan, had been targeting the Pakistani government,not the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06

The U.S.representative says Washington seeks to build cooperation based upon mutual interest and mutual respect.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

U.S.Defense officials say the new plan would include interceptor missiles deployed on U.S.Navy ships in the North Sea and Mediterranean, in addition to ground-based weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The report based on information from U.S.embassies, international organizations and non-governmental groups assessed 175 countries and gave 17 of them the lowest possible rating for anti-trafficking efforts.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

She reaffirmed Mr.Obama's intention to begin withdrawing U.S.forces in July 2011 but said the pace, size and scope of the drawdown will be based on conditions on the ground.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

The report says the U.S.military's Djibouti-based Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is currently installing a Maritime Security and Safety Information System in key positions along the Kenyan coast.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

Apparthurai said that based on discussions over the past two days, non-U.S.troop contributions to Afghanistan would easily surpass the 5,000 soldiers NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen had predicted.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Mauritanian representatives for the U.S. -based National Democratic Institute told reporters in Nouakchott that the group will not monitor the June vote because it is a unilateral decision against constitutional order.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

According to the U.S.-based Committee to Project Journalists, at least 17 foreign and Afghan journalists on duty in Afghanistan have been killed since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban from power.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Meanwhile,IntelCenter,a U.S.-based terrorism monitoring group that works with the U.S.government, warns the Christmas day attack could be just the start, and that the possibility of additional attempts on U.S.airplanes can not be ruled out.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Proctor and Gamble signed on as a U.S.Olympic Team sponsor last September, but it was only last month that the U.S.-based company announced it would sponsor a P&G Family Home at the Vancouver Olympics for TEAM USA.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

The Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, notes that a 2005 report from the U.S.Institute of Medicine found that marketing to children makes them more likely to ask for and eat unhealthful foods.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Clinton announced $5 million in new U.S.relief aid on top more than $14 million in rescue and relief aid in the immediate aftermath of the storms, much of it delivered by U.S.military forces based in the Philippines and elsewhere in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

But no matter where the conflict is or what it's about, if you're serious about peace, you can't take as final the first 'no,' the second 'no' or even the hundredth 'no.'" In her statement, Secretary Clinton promised an "unwavering" U.S.commitment to a two-state solution, based on 1967 lines with agreed land swaps, that will create an independent and viable Palestinian state and an Israel with secure and recognized borders.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25