But there have also been efforts to bridge the differences between religious belief and evolutionary science in recent years.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

But a national survey found that in recent years foreign language teaching decreased in public elementary and middle schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

In recent years, there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

In recent years there has been a strong push for local and state governments to ban public smoking.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But it said foreign language teaching in public elementary and middle schools dropped sharply in recent years.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

In recent years,coral diseases, storms and other activity in the environment have reduced staghorn coral populations.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

In addition,the income inequality between rich and poor Americans has been increasing in recent years.

VOA: special.2010.11.22

he's a critical voice of the military strategy and everything that's happened in the recent years in the country,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

The boat business fell off in recent years because of the conflict between India and Pakistan over Control of Kashmir.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

In recent years, Comic-Con has helped launch films such as Iron Man and Avatar to tremendous box office success.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

But in recent years the spice has been making a comeback and production is once again on the rise.

VOA: standard.2009.04.16

Admiral Mullen says while comparisons between Iraq and Afghanistan are not perfect, some lessons learned in Iraq in recent years can apply.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Haiti,the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been devastated in recent years by destructive and deadly hurricanes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

The image of made-in-China products has taken some negative hits in recent years, following scandals involving lead paint in toys and tainted food products.

VOA: standard.2010.01.11

In recent years,the political dynamic between Ankara and Tehran has been turned completely on its head.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

In recent years, Somali pirates have established bases in Mudug's coastal towns of Haradhere and Hobyo.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

In recent years, there have been several attempted and successful kidnappings of western journalists in southern Somalia and in the northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

While Chinese movie makers have been prolific in recent years, now the Chinese are becoming avid movie goers and there's a boom in movie production.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

So the Internet and the blogosphere have been developing very rapidly in recent years."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Much of the company has been privatized in recent years, but many workers are civil servants and it is very difficult to lay them off in France.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

But he said China's sharp increases in military spending in recent years are defensive in nature, and still leave its spending and military capability far behind the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"In recent years, too many financial firms have put taxpayer money at risk by operating hedge funds and private equity funds and making riskier investments to reap a quick reward.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Using samples from around Southeast Asia, Buckley and his colleagues saw this pattern in tree rings from recent years, when he could corroborate the rings with other historical climate information.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Most of the films are now released at multiplex cinemas, which have boomed in recent years, and account for more than two-thirds of the ticket revenue generated by the movie industry.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05