He served for 8 years in the Illinois state Senate before voters elected him to the United States Senate in 2004.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Many of the caterpillars live on the leaves of forest trees such as the Dahoma, which can rise more than 8 meters.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

But these slow-wilting lines, he says, produce 4 to 8 bushels more than normal soybeans under drought conditions.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

For years that has been a job for the Group of 8: Britain,Canada,France,Germany, Italy,Japan,Russia and the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

In October the unemployment rate for men was almost 11 percent compared to 8 percent for women.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

George W. Bush leaves office on Tuesday after 8 years as president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Friday brought news that the economy shrank 3.8% in the final 3 months of last year.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

For individuals, the poverty rate was 21%, almost 8 points higher than the rate nationally.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

When she was 8, her father brought home an old piano.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Pour 8 cups of milk into a large cooking pot.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"We estimate that almost half of the Somali population, 3.7 million people, are affected by this crisis and a full 2.8 million people live in the south, the most seriously affected area.

VOA: special.2011.07.23

He looked at his watch. 8 o'clock.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

"If children were exclusively breastfed for six months, continued to breastfeed up to two years, with appropriate additional food from six months onwards, we could save 1.5 million children under five years of age out the 8.8 million that we estimate to die currently every year."

VOA: special.2010.08.04

Greece has said it would reduced the government budget deficit from 12.7 percent to 8.7 percent during the next nine months.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01