Iron ore production in the three months hit 32.45 million metric tons, up from 29.4 million tons a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The first Merlefest,held in 1988, attracted just 4,000 fans who gathered to watch Merle's friends jamming on a few flatbed trucks.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

According to USA Today, the price tag of getting such a program up and running in America would be around about $4 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

Otherwise,the two top candidates will be facing each other again on July 4,in a runoff vote.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

The ruling EPRDF, on the other hand, can claim a nationwide party membership of 4.5 million, and a resounding victory in last year's local council elections.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

By living at home, they will spend $4,500 a year in tuition,on average.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Despite a massive deployment of armed forces and federal police in drug trafficking zones, some 4,000 people have been killed in Juarez during the past two years.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

In Thailand,as many as 1.4 million visitors arrived seeking medical care in 2007, the most recent year numbers are available up from half a million in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"There have been some studies showing that if you give pregnant women 4,000 units of vitamin D a day, their rates of complications in pregnancy are much decreased."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

This town of 4,000 people, whose numbers swell to 40,000 in the summertime, lies on the tip of a little peninsula that sticks out into the mouth of the Delaware Bay.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

That's how long it took for an international team of scientists to excavate and analyze the fossilized skeleton of a 4.4 million year old human ancestor, Ardipithecus ramidus, which was discovered in Ethiopia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

In the United States, a vote in Congress is expected in the coming weeks that could authorize up to $4,500 to individuals who trade in vehicles in what has become known as the "cash for clunkers" bill.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

Mr.Obama's June 4 speech in the Egyptian capital will take place as part of a trip that will include visits to Germany and France to commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War Two.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09