In all,seven of the ten top countries sent more students last year, just as the economic downturn was worsening.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

He says they are part of the genome of the last common ancestor of all birds,frogs, dinosaurs and mammals.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

That was the last day the government said it had enough money to make all of its payments.

VOA: special.2011.08.05

Operations have intensified. More than four hundred American and coalition troops have been killed so far this year, more than during all of last year.

VOA: special.2009.10.10

They learned the last part of their trip would be the hardest of all.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

A market research company reported an early estimate of fifteen and a half billion dollars in sales of all games content in the United States last year.

VOA: special.2011.02.23

And foundations were responsible for thirteen percent of all giving last year.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Last month,Jon was one of more than 50 Latin all-stars who participated in the Spanish-language recording of "We Are The World."

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

The Lancet medical journal reported last month alcohol-related diseases caused around half of all deaths of Russians between the ages of 15 and 54.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

But guess what? In the last decade weve been able to produce, in spite of all these difficulties, health workers in Mogadishu, in a hospital in Banadir University.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

we're going to lean on each other.' And that's what we've done here the last four years and this is the culmination of all that belief and that faith."

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

Mission Specialist Leland Melvin. "Last night when we had dinner, we all kind of sat down, and Frank pulled out some Belgium food,and we had all different kinds of Russian food,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

President Barack Obama, a White Sox fan, who chatted with the pitcher in the clubhouse of the All Star game last week before throwing out the first pitch, is left handed like Buehrle.

VOA: standard.2009.07.24

So he changed his game plan. "My general goal the last three years is to stop all of my emotional connections to the politics of the music industry and of 'South By,' not having anything to do with that."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07