But he says investment has risen from four percent of national budgets to probably five and a half percent today.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Murlock had risen to his feet. Extreme fear had caused him to lose control of his senses.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

One sign is that the Standard & Poor's list of five hundred stocks has risen more than twenty-five percent in the past five weeks.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

But the lender's chief economist also warned that "downside risks have risen sharply."

VOA: special.2010.07.09

But since nineteen ninety maternal death rates have risen in some countries.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

But rates have risen in other areas.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

The faithful faced the empty tomb and proclaimed, "The Lord is risen!" Alex Wheatley came from California in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

The sun had barely risen, but the line outside of the Apple store in Bethesda,Maryland already stretched around the block.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

Studies show that global sugar consumption has risen dramatically from 11 million tons in 1900 to about 145 million tons today.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

"It's the single biggest driver over the past 10 to 15 years of why healthcare has risen."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

In early 2008, Vietnam's inflation rate had risen to 25 per cent, while the country's trade deficit widened to more than $14 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Rasmussen noted that all 28 NATO members are taking part in the mission and that non-U.S.troop commitments have risen by 9,000 in 18 months.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

unemployment rate for March. The proportion of jobless Americans has risen steadily since the United States sank into a recession more than a year ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

The U.N.Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Juba,South Sudan,Lise Grande, says the number of internal conflicts in the semi-autonomous region has risen from last year's levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

In a two-sentence letter Monday, North Korea said it had ordered the release on an "emergency" basis because water levels behind the dam had risen too high.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

In an area where manufacturing jobs have disappeared and the unemployment rate has risen above the national average, Mr.Obama called on Congress to pass a new job-creation bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Secretary Clinton said the Chinese understand the gravity of the situation on the Korean peninsula, where tensions have risen sharply following the March 26 torpedo attack that sank a South Korean warship, killing 46 sailors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

They were so effective and cost effective and yet immunization rates were on the decline if you look back 10 years ago, However,she says in the last nine years, immunization rates for such diseases as diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis have risen sharply.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29