These proposed putting an end to the independent treasury, the establishment of a new national bank, and a tax increase on imports.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

And World Bank President Robert Zoellick has called on rich nations to put some of their economic recovery spending into a crisis fund to help poor countries.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

U.S.officials have put pressure on the Israeli government to halt construction of settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Mitchell's schedule on Monday included shuttling to the West Bank town of Ramallah for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

Jewish settlement councils have declared a general strike to protest the Israeli government's freeze on construction in West Bank communities.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Israel has offered to restrain construction on settlements in the West Bank, but has made no offers regarding construction in East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

About 10,000 Jewish settlers gathered in Jerusalem to protest the government's freeze on construction in West Bank settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The Palestinians insist they will not go back to negotiations until Israel freezes all construction on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The Gadhafi affair follows concessions by Switzerland's biggest bank,UBS, to turn over data on 4,500 wealthy American clients suspected of tax evasion to U.S.authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Israel's defense minister has ordered the army to use massive force to impose a freeze on construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

President Obama called for a return to peace talks on Thursday, two days after the Israeli government announced a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

It involves allegations that a $600 million government bailout was given to Century Bank on condition that some of the money be used to fund the president's re-election campaign.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Israel has been agitated by President Obama's plan to open a dialogue with Iran, while pressing for a one year freeze on Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

"Let us settle it, expand and love our homeland." Mr.Netanyahu reluctantly imposed a partial freeze on West Bank construction under pressure from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

The accord effectively suspends a federal court case against UBS that could have dealt a severe blow to the bank's international operations and the Swiss economy, which relies heavily on the country's robust banking sector.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

Afghan and NATO officials say that Taliban insurgents in the northern Kunduz province were driving two hijacked fuel trucks to an unknown destination when fighter planes located them on a river bank and bombed them.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

The Israeli leader wants to avoid entering full-fledged peace negotiations with the Palestinians that would require Israel to make concessions on sensitive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

While Israel has imposed a partial freeze on construction in the West Bank, government spokesman Mark Regev says that does not apply to Jerusalem, which Israel says is the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

At a similar gathering last year, members of the so-called G20 set of advanced economies agreed on emergency spending to stem a global crisis brought on by the collapse of U.S.investment bank Lehman Brothers in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.06.05

On Tuesday,Geithner told Congress that the government must have the authority to seize non-bank entities, arguing that massive destabilizing dangers can come from financial institutions - a lesson learned from the rescue of American International Group,or AIG, a giant insurer that received a $180 billion taxpayer bailout.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25