Last year, Joel Selanikio received the Lemuelson-MIT Award for Sustainability for his work in public health and international development.

VOA: special.2010.05.03

But since last year there has been little activity in the seven hundred fifty billion dollar market for commercial mortgage securities.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

In Saudi Arabia, officials are preparing for the Hajj, which starts this year during the last week of November.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

The Canadian government quickly approved a law that said each person must bring enough supplies to last for one year.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

Last year,he established Timeless Media, a for-profit company that pays for and extends the work of Playing for Change.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Pirates have attacked at least sixty-one ships so far, compared to six for the same period last year.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

Last year,President Obama ended restrictions on the use of federal money for studies of human embryonic stem cells.

VOA: special.2010.11.02

Last year,for the first time, the World Health Organization added snakebites to its list of "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The group reported in March that employers expected to increase hourly wage offers for college interns by five percent from last year.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

A spokesman for the Convention and Visitors Bureau,Steve Lewis,says economic activity last month was down five percent from February of last year.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

A separate report looked at the differences last year in health care for different groups in society.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

They will receive Academy Awards for the best acting,directing,writing,editing,music and other work on movies released last year.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

In October of last year the same developer announced plans for the world's tallest building yet.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Except for a year at the University of Mississippi at the end of World War One, that was the last of his official education.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Last year's results show Minneapolis,Minnesota and Seattle,Washington tied in the top position for most literate city.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

The World Food Program said last week that the number of hungry people will pass one billion this year for the first time in history.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The Congressional Research Service estimates that pirates were paid more than thirty million dollars for the release of ships and crews they held last year.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Two thousand seven was the last year that the Ms.Foundation for Women headed the program.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Almost thirty thousand Canadian students enrolled for the school year that began last autumn.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

"Rates of increase for international students coming to America were a little bit slower in the last year and we think that reflects the global recession.

VOA: special.2010.11.18

However,the Canadian government required that each person had to bring enough supplies to last for one year if they wanted to cross the border into Canada.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

At the bottom of the list, ranked last for the third year, is Somalia.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

For boys,names from the Bible were again the leading choices last year.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Last year, the American Heart Association reformed its guidelines for CPR.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Last year Emma was the number one name for girls.

VOA: special.2009.07.06