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Working In America

There are a number of ways by which non-U.S. citizens may obtain green cards. More

Afghan men listen as a post office worker explains how to use their mobile phones at the Kabul post office. (file)

Addressing Poverty Through Electronic Payments

Women work in a garment factory in Faisalabad, located in Pakistan's Punjab province August 23, 2011. Pakistan's textile industry accounts for 38 percent of workers in the manufacturing sector and over half of its exports, which stood at nearly $25 billio

Supporting Women Entrepreneurs In Pakistan

Melanne Verveer recently spoke at the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs, or OPEN, meeting in Silicon Valley, California. More

The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission remains a model within APEC on prosecuting high-level corruption cases.

Luna On Combating Impunity

“No economy is immune from corruption, nor can any economy combat it alone.” More

Alaa Elshiekh, right, and her sister Yosev Elshiekh, celebrate the revolution against Moammar Gadhafi's regime and ask for more women's rights in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011.

Verveer On Role Of Women In Libya

"Women are on the frontlines of change around the globe, and they are changing the world by taking on the hardest issues." More

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Indian people shop at a store in Mumbai, India, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.

U.S. - India And The Global Economic Order

The rapid economic growth in Asia and improvement in regional trade linkages present an opportunity to expand the economic pie.

A truck of the Mexican company Olympics bearing Mexican and U.S. flags approaches the border crossing into the U.S., in Laredo, Texas.

U.S. - Mexico Trade

NAFTA has proven to be a boon for both countries.

Pakistani laborers carry baskets of bananas at a fruit market in Lahore. (file)

U.S Support For Entrepreneurship In Pakistan

Program provides support to Pakistani entrepreneurs by connecting them with American investors and mentors,

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) holds a joint news conference with Japan

U.S. - Japan Alliance Remains Cornerstone

Regarding the Senkaku islands, Secretary Clinton reiterated the U.S. desire to see the parties peacefully resolve the matter through dialogue.

Overcoming The Digital Gender Gap

The Obama Administration has centered its development policy on women.

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson (file)

Four Years Of Progress In Africa

There is good reason for deep optimism about Africa’s future.

Women artisans weaving textiles in Bain Village, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Women-run Enterprises Drive Growth

“Data from the World Bank and other institutions show that women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises drive economic growth and create jobs."

U.S. - Mideast Strategy

A successful, long-term strategy in the Middle East requires a comprehensive approach.

Working To Ban Conflict Diamonds

The Kimberley Process met for its annual Plenary with more than three hundred-fifty delegates representing seventy different countries.

Robert Hormats, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

Future Of U.S. - China Economic Relations

The United States and China are on the verge of a new era in our bilateral economic relationship.

Global Summit Will Promote Entrepreneurship

“Entrepreneurship is at the heart of what we call Economic Statecraft."

Children in Solo, Indonesia, demonstrate against corruption.

International Ant-Corruption Day 2012

Corruption is one of the world's greatest challenges, a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries.

Kenya Wildlife Service officials deliver elephants tusks and firearms recovered from poachers to their headquarters, Nairobi, June 22, 2012.

Targeting Wildlife Trafficking

“This year alone, 30,000 African elephants will be killed for their ivory."

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Clinton, the chair of MCC

Clinton At Millennium Challenge Corporation

“We look to MCC for helping to bring about that strategic shift that we’re making in our development work from aid to investment."

U.S. Ambassador and Head of the Delegation, Terry Kramer, speaks on U.S. policy for the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, Dec. 3 through 14.

Keeping The Internet Free And Unfettered

"This is an opportunity with this conference to reaffirm what all of us, globally believe is going to be success in the internet and telecom sector."

U.S.-Australia Alliance

“Our alliance is an anchor of peace and prosperity in the Asia Pacific and around the world, forged in war but flourishing in peace.”

A fishing boat floats on the Mekong river at Sambor in Cambodia

Mekong Dam Project Should Be Cooperative Effort

Our ultimate goal is to support the countries of the region as they work to provide their people with a better future.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Singapore Management University, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012, in Singapore.

Promise Of Economic Statecraft

In Asia, the U.S. is taking steps to protect and update an open, free, transparent, and fair economic system.

U.S. President Barack Obama participates in a family photo of ASEAN leaders during the ASEAN Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh November 19, 2012.

U.S. Focus On Asia

"The region will continue to be a foreign policy priority for the Obama Administration in the years to come.”

A frontier guard stands on the bridge to Afghanistan across Panj river in Panji Poyon border outpost, some 150km (94 miles) south of capital Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

U.S., Central Asian Countries Support Afghanistan

The Central Asian countries have been an important part of international efforts against extremist elements in Afghanistan since 2001.

Placing Sanctions On Censorship In Iran

A screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea's Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea announced on February 12 that it had conducted its third nuclear test.

North Korea's Third Nuclear Test

M23 rebels near the town of Bunagana, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Nicolas Pinault/VOA)

Ending Congo Instability A Moral Imperative

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during the Angelus prayer from the window of his Castel Gandolfo summer palace, on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005.

An Historic Resignation

Land Reform In Tajikistan

Iran Intensifies Persecution Of Journalists

Somali journalists, in Mogadishu on Jan. 27, 2013, demand the release of Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, who was arrested after reporting on an alleged rape case involving government soldiers.

Somali Justice Questioned In Rape Case

North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. (file)

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