It has been in the news over the past months during a disputed takeover negotiation with the American company Kraft Foods.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

He points to a big drop in the number of planned job cuts announced by employers over the past six months.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

"American exports grew almost seventeen percent over the first four months of this year, compared to the same period last year.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

Over twenty months, he spent almost six thousand hours searching in a protected area in the Simbu Province of Papua New Guinea.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

It estimated that about 65% of the proposed spending would be injected into the economy over 19 months.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

Worries over Greek debt have pushed the euro to its lowest value in months against the dollar.

VOA: special.2010.02.12

The disease develops more quickly over a few weeks or months in people infected with trypanosoma rhodesiense.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Brown's men joined him, one or two at a time, over the next several months.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

While the flying skills of the German and British pilots were well matched, it was ultimately the greater maneuverability of the British Spitfire that won the long months of battle over the English Channel.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

The Lady in Black looked at it. She remembered the wave of anger that had come over her when she had reached out her hand and silenced the clock that night three months before.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

The World Cup will kick off a program to distribute an additional one billion condoms over the following six months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

The head of Italy's civil defense department, Guido Bertolaso, says much has been done over the past 12 months.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

U.S.officials also have praised the action following months of criticism over the attempted peace deal with the militants.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

Some analysts predict that the discontent among liberal Democrats over the war will grow in the months ahead.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

In between the meetings, U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said all financial meetings over the next few months will have the same agenda.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

"I want to thank him publicly for the courageous leadership and the great commitment that he has displayed over these last few months,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Almost one in four unemployed workers is experiencing an unemployment spell of six months or longer, the highest level in over 25 years,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

That would be on top of the additional 17,000 American combat and support troops the president wants to send to Afghanistan over the coming months.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The plan follows months of deadlock over Iran's nuclear program and the recent discovery of a previously unknown nuclear-enrichment plant near the Iranian city of Qom.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

And,if they fail to do so within six months, it says the UN Security Council should turn the matter over to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

Over the past five months we have averaged losing 667,000 jobs (per month)."

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

And we have put many resources into Arizona over the last 15 months.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

But negotiations have been stalled for months over Pyongyang's refusal to accept a verification program for the declaration of its nuclear holdings and activities it made last June.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"A number of expats are continuing to move out over the last couple of months, and Shanghai,and Kuala Lumpur and Vietnam have probably been the biggest recipients of those skills sets."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

Members of this community say they're determined to show the same resolve over the coming months as they did 20 years ago when they moved here to start a new life.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15