APEC is made up of 21 Pacific Rim economies, which account for about half of world trade.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Proposals to sanction Iran's gasoline imports, which account for 40 percent of its needs, have been advocated by various lawmakers in recent years.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

U.S.oil companies account for half of the daily production in Angola, which now rivals Nigeria for the title of Africa's largest producer of oil.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

He says European Union member states already have implemented large stimulus packages that account for more than three percent of Europe's gross domestic product.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Foreign remittances from the diaspora now account for almost 20 percent of GDP by some estimates, and new cars frequent the streets of the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

It says suicide deaths account for more than half of all violent deaths in the world more than all deaths from wars and homicides combined.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

(Speaking in French) Boisserie argues the government is focusing too narrowly on the elite grandes ecoles, which account for just a small slice of French university graduates.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

U.S.auto dealers, already reeling from one of the worst sales slumps in more than two decades, say the eight models account for 56 percent of Toyota's U.S.sales.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

Mexico and the United States account for much of the increase.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Most of the films are now released at multiplex cinemas, which have boomed in recent years, and account for more than two-thirds of the ticket revenue generated by the movie industry.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

The study also says American children eat an average of three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, and the snacks account for almost one third of their daily calories.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

"What we found was that high blood pressure,smoking, overweight/obesity and high blood glucose account for five years of loss of life expectancy in men and about four years in women at the national level."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

Barro said President Obama did not hold Israel to account for the violence it has inflicted on Palestinian civilians, asking why the U.S.leader did not bring up the latest Israeli incursions into Gaza.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"They are having an impact, whether domestically or internationally, and you have got to account for it, and this is one of those break points where you stop and assess how is the administration doing?

VOA: standard.2010.01.06