And also that the rates of tuberculosis" - that those rates were cut in half by starting earlier."

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

And he says his team has already identified two trillion dollars in reductions to help cut the deficit in half within four years.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

They promised to do their part to cut the growth rate in health spending by one and a half percentage points a year.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

A plan promoted by host Canada will have the most advanced countries cut their budget deficits in half by 2013.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

Civil war cut the nation in half in 2002, after rebels attempting to overthrow President Gbagbo took control of the northern part of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, says the executives' salaries will be cut by as much as 90 percent, and their average total compensation will drop by about half, starting in November.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22