Barack Obama seems determined to do something about homelessness.

ECONOMIST: A national plan to end a national disgrace

"I feel this summer is crucial for my career and I am determined to do something, " said the Russian, whose first tournament of the US hardcourt season is the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles from 16 July.

BBC: Safin and Nalbandian hire coaches

Dr Field says he is determined to try to do something about this in the process leading up to the next set of assessments in 2013.

ECONOMIST: Glaciers and the IPCC

Mosley told journalists he had wanted to quit to do something else but was now determined to stay on and see things through.

BBC: Minardi boss Paul Stoddart

This is something I am determined to do.

BBC: Vanessa-Mae puts music aside for a year in Olympic bid

Whenever something is clearly impossible, San Franciscans seem determined to do it, and Golden Gate Park is living proof.

BBC: San Francisco's blissful Golden Gate Park

Ms Merkel said she was determined to revive Germany's flagging growth, not least because of the country's role "to do something for the stimulation of the economy in Europe".

CNN: Sch?uble and Lagarde clash over austerity