European Union election observers question the validity of about a third of the ballots, nearly 1.5 million.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Gardere estimates losses at close to $4 million, about a third of his yearly sales.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The earthquake killed an estimated about three million others about a third of Haiti's population.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

The WHO reports that about a third of the world's live in India.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Let me use Darfur as an example. In south Darfur right now, they are only cultivating about a third of the arable land that they could be cultivating.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

The researchers did a study of adult beliefs about the possibility of health risks to children from third-hand smoke.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

One-third of those asked said stress levels about their financial situation are much higher now than a year ago.

VOA: special.2010.10.12

Do you know about a third kind of parsley?

VOA: special.2009.06.02

A third of the population lives on a dollar a day and about 3,000 Filipinos leave daily, for jobs abroad.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

About two-thirds of those surveyed say the supply of electricity in their local areas is bad, and a third of the respondents report having no access to any electricity.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Experts say production has dropped about a third since he came to office, robbing the country of the full financial benefit that could have accrued in 2008, when global oil prices peaked around $140 a barrel.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06