More than one-fourth of the four million newborns who die each year around the world were born too early.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

One study of agencies that list women seeking husbands found there were around ten thousand "mail-order marriages" a year.

VOA: special.2011.02.14

A new study found better results in four-year-olds who go to bed around the same time every night and sleep at least eleven hours.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Last year,eighty-six scientists from around the world found all the genes in "Golden Delicious" apples.

VOA: special.2011.03.29

There are also non-Christian holy days around this time of year.

VOA: special.2011.04.22

There are around a half-million cases a year, mostly in the Amazon basin, a region heavily affected by deforestation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Even people who do not care about . American-style football often watch the Super Bowl, with an estimated worldwide audience this year of around one billion people.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27