Marysville became a symbol for the destruction of the Feb.7 bushfires, a once vibrant community reduced to dust.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

He was given a 40-year sentence in 1992, which was later reduced to 30 years on appeal and further reduced to 17 years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

He received five years probation, and was ordered to stay 45 meters away from Rihanna unless both attend public events, when it's reduced to nine meters.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Thousands of buildings were reduced to rubble, including centuries old churches.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

"The reduction in our salaries has reached 30 percent." "And if we figure into that the increase in taxes, every family of a Coast Guard, police officer and firefighter will see its income reduced to 8,000 euros annually."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

That same year, Polk was able to get Congress to approve a bill that greatly reduced the taxes on imports.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Intensive vaccination campaigns have reduced the number of new polio cases reported worldwide to fewer than two thousand a year.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

But he also said additional research is needed to better understand how the vaccine reduced the risk in those individuals.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Two leading drug companies have agreed to supply vaccines against pneumococcal disease to the world's poorest countries at a reduced price.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

To ease credit, the Bank of England last week reduced its main interest rate to 1.5% - its lowest ever.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Other things including high fat diets and reduced physical activity are also believed to be pushing the numbers upward.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Experts say the ability to take up lead is reduced when the pH level is above six and a half.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Congress reduced the surplus even more by approving money to build coastal defenses and to buy warships for the Navy.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

But less trust in the euro has reduced its value to the lowest levels in over a year.

VOA: special.2010.05.07