The event normally brings about three million Muslims from one hundred sixty countries to the holy city of Mecca.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Each year,the Afghan Institute of Learning serves about three hundred fifty thousand women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

VOA: special.2009.06.15

But counting the world's third largest population -- about three hundred nine million by current estimates -- is no easy job.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

These studies must consider wildlife activity up to about three thousand meters above an airport and eight kilometers around it.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes rose about three percent from March to April.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

He found that mangroves store about three to four times more carbon per hectare as temperate forests or even tropical rainforests.

VOA: special.2011.05.10

During this period, hair grows at a rate of about three tenths millimeters a day, or one centimeter a month.

VOA: special.2011.04.05

About three thousand delegates from around China are in Beijing for this year's meeting of the National People's Congress.

VOA: special.2011.03.05

She spends about three hundred days out of the year traveling around the world to discuss her many projects and goals.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

The number of Washingtonians grew about three percent during that period while the United States population increased more than seven percent.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

News reports said Adair used about three hundred forty kilograms of nitroglycerine explosive material to pull the oxygen out of the fire.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Today,the Special Olympics has grown to include about three million athletes in more than one hundred fifty countries.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

Jim Tedder explains. "It Might Get Loud" is a film about three generations of guitar superstars: Jimmy Page,the Edge and Jack White.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

The event normally brings about three million Muslims from one hundred sixty countries to the city of Mecca.

VOA: special.2009.11.24