http://www.voanews.com Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries http://www.voanews.com/img/voa/rssLogo_VOA.gif http://www.voanews.com en-US 2012 - VOA 60 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:01:19 -0400 Pangea CMS – VOA The Obama administration has unveiled a new strategy to help protect American companies from economic espionage and thefts of trade secrets, an issue linked to intensified concerns about cyber espionage. Trade secret theft and intensifying cyber attacks targeting U.S. industrial and technological sectors are closely intertwined.  President Obama says they threaten the U.S. economy and national security. U.S. companies are estimated to have lost at least $300 billion last year according ... http://www.voanews.com/content/us-moves-to-counter-cyber-theft-threat/1607677.html http://www.voanews.com/content/us-moves-to-counter-cyber-theft-threat/1607677.html Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:45:52 -0500 USA Daniel Robison http://www.voanews.com/content/us-moves-to-counter-cyber-theft-threat/1607677.html#relatedInfoContainer President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union Address -- the first of his second term in office -- on February 12.   The speech to a joint session of Congress will be watched by millions across the nation and around the world. In his first address to Congress in 2009, Obama aimed to inspire confidence amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. "Though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this.  ... http://www.voanews.com/content/domestic-issues-likely-to-dominate-state-of-the-union-address/1598894.html http://www.voanews.com/content/domestic-issues-likely-to-dominate-state-of-the-union-address/1598894.html Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:06:33 -0500 USA Daniel Robison http://www.voanews.com/content/domestic-issues-likely-to-dominate-state-of-the-union-address/1598894.html#relatedInfoContainer U.S. President Barack Obama is in his home town of Chicago, Illinois to await the results of the presidential election. In closing rallies in battleground states, Obama cast the election as a choice between starkly different visions of the future. Obama spoke at rallies in Wisconsin, Ohio and finally Iowa, where a political primary victory in 2008 helped propel him to the Democratic presidential nomination. At each stop, he urged voters to show up at the polls to ensure victory over ... http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-in-chicago-to-await-us-election-results/1540105.html http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-in-chicago-to-await-us-election-results/1540105.html Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:30:43 -0500 USA Votes 2012 Daniel Robison The next big thing in fuel could come from repurposed plastic. However, only seven percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A company in Niagara Falls, New York, is working to increase that percentage, with an eye toward reducing America’s dependence on foreign oil. Plastic-eating monster It's a machine known as the “plastic-eating monster.” Every hour, thousands of kilograms of shredded milk jugs, water ... http://www.voanews.com/content/plastic-could-fuel-us-move-away-from-foreign-oil/1536076.html http://www.voanews.com/content/plastic-could-fuel-us-move-away-from-foreign-oil/1536076.html Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:08:17 -0400 Science & Technology Daniel Robison http://www.voanews.com/content/plastic-could-fuel-us-move-away-from-foreign-oil/1536076.html#relatedInfoContainer WHITE HOUSE — President Barack Obama on Monday used a speech in Reno, Nevada to a major organization of American military veterans to underscore his record on ending the war in Iraq and winding down U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan. The president is seeking the support of veterans as he runs for reelection in November.  He says he wants them to remember the pledge he kept to honorably end America's combat role in Iraq, and gradually end U.S. military involvement in ... http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-veterans-campaign/1443967.html http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-veterans-campaign/1443967.html Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:18:43 -0400 USA Daniel Robison Circus performer Nik Wallenda to walk across waterfall on five-centimeter thick wire http://www.voanews.com/content/niagara-falls-approves-stunt-to-attract-tourists/1210545.html http://www.voanews.com/content/niagara-falls-approves-stunt-to-attract-tourists/1210545.html Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:42:32 -0400 USA Daniel Robison