The goal was to bring the economic power of girls and women, and the importance of women's issues, to the attention of G-20 leaders.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

The answer is simple. The United States is the only country in the world today which has the economic power and productivity to furnish the needed assistance.

VOA: special.2011.08.04

They also used economic power against blacks.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Even as women's groups applauded the code as a way to combat the forced marriage of young girls and give wives more economic power, many Mali women opposed it as an attack on traditional values.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

China has acknowledged the need to limit its carbon emissions, but argued that greater responsibility falls on advanced industrialized nations like the United States, which produced large quantities of greenhouse gases for decades before China's rise as a global economic power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Roosevelt spoke of America's success as a new economic and political power in the world.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

But whoever is in power, will grapple with an economic crisis and widespread corruption that has disillusioned young voters, says rights activist Morari.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Militants have long vowed to target Russia's economic infrastructure, including pipelines and power stations.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Many Israeli observers believe that with the current leadership in power in Iran, Israel can make a stronger case for economic sanctions and possibly military action against Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21