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

He said that taking over the Philippines would be a dangerous break with America's past.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Water over the dam is an expression about a past event.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

Dr.Anond Snidvongs, who has studied climate change for more than a decade, has analyzed storm data over the past 60 years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

"Over the past several years, I have had the honor to call Teddy a colleague, a counselor and a friend,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

This is on top of the 38,000 that are already there, taking into account a doubling over the past two years,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Johnson says that her students, over the past several years, have increasingly used a more informal English vocabulary in formal assignments.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

For many investors in Asia, gold's role as a source of safety and value has been reinforced over the past year of economic uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

"Over the past two years, the American people have lost about This carries a painful toll,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

"I think he's been viewed as a source of political stability, given the considerable political turmoil that Thailand has experienced over the past few years,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

BHP Billition said in a statement that government stimulus measures imposed over the past year "appear to have supported a gradual return to normalized global trade."

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Thailand's tourism industry has taken a hit as thousands of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets over the past few weeks to try to force fresh elections.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

Statistics from Australia's National Tidal Center show sea levels have increased by 8.6 millimeters a year off Perth and by 8.1 off the tropical Kimberley region over the past two decades.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Widely respected for his craft, his private life however over the past 15 years was muddied with allegations of child abuse while he suffered under the weight of a huge financial debt.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Japan is the world's second largest economy, but it has suffered more than Over the past year, it has suffered a deep recession, although the economy now appears to be growing slowly now.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Ismail agrees. He says the war on terror in Indonesia is a war of ideas, and over the past decade, a radical minority within JI using Islamic boarding schools and the Internet, has been successful at spreading its message.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

Indeed,volatile food prices, population growth, low agricultural productivity and the potentially devastating effects of climate change make it a particularly daunting challenge. The IFAD president says over the past 30 years, agricultural productivity in developing countries has been stagnant or in decline. He blames it on years of under-investment.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

"Unfortunately though, most of the key international actors who have displayed quite a lot of interest in what is going on in south and central Somalia over the past couple of years, have really continued to neglect and ignore what is going on here in Somaliland."

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

"More alarmingly,WHO estimates if the combined effect of decreased financial and political commitment were to be sustained or continued, this could result to a return of a half a million measles deaths each year by 2012, wiping out the gains made over the past 18 years."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21