The International Energy Agency has predicted a potential seven million barrel per day gap between supply and demand by 2015.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

They have predicted that up to one fifth of the Australian population about four million people could be infected by the swine flu virus.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The United Nations has predicted the world's population will reach nine billion by 2050.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

But nature plays a role as well. As for climate change, severe water shortages are predicted to affect between 75 and 250 million people by 2020.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Ted Dagne,African Affairs Specialist with the Congressional Research Service, predicted that violence is likely to increase in coming months as the Islamist group al-Shabaab, backed by foreign fighters, attempts to oust the transitional government.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26