Last month the World Bank predicted a 2% decrease this year - the largest drop since the 1940s.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

And even if the rebellion failed, he predicted that it would lead to a civil war between the North and the South.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

That is already a lot higher than President Obama's advisers had predicted for later this year, even if Congress passed a stimulus bill.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

A British astronomer named John Couch Adams had also predicted Neptune's position in space.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

The researchers used a computer model that predicted the effects of the suns heat.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

Kerouac correctly predicted that Frank would be praised as a great artist.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

Three months ago, the I.M.F.predicted a small growth for this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

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

The World Bank has predicted adjusting to the effects of climate change will cost up to $100 billion a year until 2050.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

She explains that the strategy did not work as predicted because of what's called a population level effect.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

But the results were closer than predicted, with only a five percent difference between the two men.

VOA: standard.2010.07.03

It described the target as a voluntary action, and predicted it would make a "major contribution" to global efforts to deal with climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Though activists predicted that hundreds of thousands would march Wednesday against corruption in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, only a few thousand turned up.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

In remarks later to VOA, Tauscher predicted the two sides would reach a deal very soon.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

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

Mr.Obama, the first African-American U.S.president, predicted that someday there will be a Hispanic president.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

The president noted what he called the "senseless bombing" in a crowded market in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, and he predicted "difficult days ahead."

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

The Economic Development Ministry had initially predicted a 2.2 percent drop.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

Tea Party Express organizer Amy Kremer addressed a crowd of several thousand people on Pennsylvania Avenue and predicted the movement would bring change to Washington in November's midterm congressional elections.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"It's an astonishing feat to get six predictions in a row. I am told people are walking into our shops and saying 'I will have what the Octopus predicted.'" But before taking Paul's word for this World Cup, it might be worth checking out the competition, because Paul isn't the only animal making predictions on this World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09