And the world's insatiable appetite is depleting the planet's fisheries and using up land and fresh water at an alarming rate.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Despite the weak report, the nation's unemployment rate fell 0.2 a point to 9.5 percent as thousands of Americans gave up looking for work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"The reason the unemployment rate rocketed it up, is because the improving employment conditions are drawing more and more job applicants into the labor force,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The U.S.economy grew at a faster than expected rate at the end of 2009, up nearly six percent in the last three months of the year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02