http://www.america.gov http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2009/May/20090511150735dmslahrellek0.5497095.html&distid=ucs The United States is heartened by the release of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi from Tehran’s Evin prison after an appeals court cut her eight-year prison term to a two-year suspended sentence, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says. Mon, 11 May 2009 04:57:24 -0400 http://www.america.gov/st/peacesec-english/2009/May/20090511150735dmslahrellek0.5497095.html&distid=ucs http://www.america.gov/st/scitech-english/2009/May/20090511123415adkcilerog0.2478296.html&distid=ucs The decades-long drought that began in West Africa in the 1960s is not an anomaly compared with what the region has faced during the last three millennia. Scientists are researching ways to predict the frequency and severity of future droughts. Mon, 11 May 2009 04:58:38 -0400 http://www.america.gov/st/scitech-english/2009/May/20090511123415adkcilerog0.2478296.html&distid=ucs http://www.america.gov/st/business-english/2009/May/20090508151724cpataruk4.882449e-02.html&distid=ucs The U.S. government says the largest U.S. banks are strong enough to survive the recession, even if it gets worse. This conclusion, contained in the so-called “stress test” report, “should provide considerable comfort to investors and the public,” Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. Mon, 11 May 2009 04:59:18 -0400 http://www.america.gov/st/business-english/2009/May/20090508151724cpataruk4.882449e-02.html&distid=ucs http://www.america.gov/st/democracyhr-english/2009/May/20090508170954HMnietsuA0.7426046.html&distid=ucs Online mapping tools like MapQuest and Google Maps are known for helping people get from Point A to B. With the help of some technical experts, these maps can also be used to track and monitor critical events in real time. Mon, 11 May 2009 04:59:53 -0400 http://www.america.gov/st/democracyhr-english/2009/May/20090508170954HMnietsuA0.7426046.html&distid=ucs http://www.america.gov/st/democracyhr-english/2009/May/20090508161239clwod0.1215479.html&distid=ucs Reports released recently by Freedom House reveal a continuing decline in Russia of freedoms in both the press and the Internet. Those who dare to go beyond what the Kremlin deems appropriate face punishment by means of harassment, the reports find. Mon, 11 May 2009 05:00:30 -0400 http://www.america.gov/st/democracyhr-english/2009/May/20090508161239clwod0.1215479.html&distid=ucs