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

Ghana was forced to fight short-handed after seeing defender Daniel Addo sent off by the Belgian referee following what seemed like an innocuous tackle in the first half.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

The U.S.took the lead after several near misses in the first half, after striker Jozy Altidore took a pass from Clint Dempsey and held off two Spanish defenders, then slammed a shot off the hands of Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and into the net.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

The three-and-a-half percent growth was the first expansion in more than a year, and the strongest in two years.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich.

VOA: special.2011.03.26

He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life, he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Malaria,diarrhea,and typhoid- water-related diseases that are not fatal in First World countries- cause half of the child deaths in Yemen.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

This year alone, since the first of January, we have had more than 70 incidents, just in the first two-and-a-half months of this year."

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

It wants parents to reduce the risk of choking by first cutting hot dogs in half lengthwise, cutting grapes into quarters and reducing the size of other foods that can get stuck in children's throats.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

In the first match, England's Frank Lampard would have tied the score at 2-all before half-time, but officials did not see his shot bounceacross the goal line and rebound out after hitting under the crossbar.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Playing in front of 72,546 wildly cheering partisan fans just 145-kilometers from their campus in East Lansing (Michigan), Michigan State jumped out to an early 9-2 lead and finished the first half with a 38-36 advantage.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05