For the first time the W.H.O.raised its alert level from phase four to phase five on April twenty-ninth.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Roosevelt and Churchill first met when they were lower-level officials during World War One.

VOA: special.2011.07.07

She announced the proposal to hold a high-level meeting on March thirty-first.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

"They are not looking to hire as many immigrants. So this is the first thing that reduces the level of migration.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

In the first nine months of 2009, capital inflows stood at just $12 billion one fifth the level of a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The World Gold Council says, in the first half of the year, India's gold imports slumped by 26 percent, dropping to their lowest level in six years.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Vice President Joe Biden is the first high-level U.S.official to visit Poland since President Barack Obama canceled the planned Central European missile shield proposed by former President George W.Bush.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The title for the Black Satellites is the first for an African team at the Under-20 level, despite the dominance of African nations in the youth categories over the last decades.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

If he is confirmed by the Senate to the Cabinet-level post, Lew would inherit a deficit of more than $1 trillion for the first three-quarters of this fiscal year, with more deficits to come.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

In fact,U.S.and NATO military commanders say insurgent violence rose nearly 60 percent between the first six months of this year, compared to last year the highest level of violence since 2001 when the Taliban government was ousted by US.led forces.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

The New York meeting co-chaired by President Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was the first summit-level session of the informal Friends of Democratic Pakistan grouping, and it brought together leaders of some 25 countries and organizations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24