The clinical trial involved four drugs that were given to more than 270 young patients, ranging in age from four to 19.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

"It was a large weight gain, ranging from eight to 15 percent of body weight, which is quite dramatic in just three months."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Fears of a wider-ranging debt default affecting other banks drove Japan's Nikkei index down two percent.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

During a wide-ranging 45-minute town hall-style meeting with several hundred U.S.troops, Secretary Gates was asked whether there is any plan for military action against Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

His new strategy is expected to include an increase in both troops and civilian U.S.personnel who would help in areas ranging from agriculture to bolstering the Afghan legal system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Justin Beiber,15, is the lead-off soloist, followed by 35 back-to-back solos, ranging from Josh Groban, Miley Cyrus,Snoop Dogg and Fergie, to Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Hudson and Celine Dion.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

(...) He said the Democratic initiatives introduced by our government have been met with praise and he said the necessity of taking concrete steps alongside this wide ranging process is emphasized.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The release says they also agreed to work together on issues ranging from Iran,North Korea, Afghanistan and Pakistan to humanitarian assistance projects around the world and the effort to control pandemic disease.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The so-called Red Shirts, supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, have mounted a series of targeted demonstrations, ranging from ritualistic blood curses to head-shaving to noisy parades through the streets of the capital.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

That decision brought applause in the courtroom. Madoff's wide-ranging fraud touched banks,charities, middle class people investing for retirement in North and South America and Europe, and even celebrities - including Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Dr.Charles Rabkin and other scientists from the National Cancer Institute looked at gastric cancer rates in the last three decades among a large group of Americans ranging in age from 25 to 84.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

The powerful council, which supervises elections and has wide-ranging powers in the Islamic government, said a random recount of 10 percent of the ballot boxes nationwide upheld Mr.Ahmadinejad's landslide victory over reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

... The government says they cannot stay here, and recently offered residents five options, ranging from returning to their old home to moving to a government built camp like this one outside the city center.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Many political analysts say that close cooperation between Beijing and Washington in issues ranging from the global economic slowdown to North Korea's nuclear arms make it unlikely the two countries will engage in a punitive trade war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14