The World Health Organization estimates about two million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution, more than half in developing countries.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

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

The group's most recent complete study shows enrollment in computer sciences increased five and a half percent in two thousand nine.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

The World Health Organization estimates that cardiovascular disease killed seventeen and a half million people in two thousand five.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

VOA: special.2011.04.08

So far it has proven effective at preventing the disease in half of those vaccinated which is more than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

In a half-hour news conference, he admitted making what he called "some incredibly bad decisions" that "hurt so many people."

VOA: special.2010.04.10

Millions of years later these would become the giant rocks called Half Dome and El Capitan in Yosemite Park.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

"About half of our business is done in the last quarter of the year, in the last three months.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

Even though West Virginia had remained in the Union, about half of the people in the state supported the South.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Growth in the United States is expected to reach about two and a half percent in two thousand ten.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

The vaccine has already proven effective at preventing the disease in half of those vaccinated which is more than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

In half of the groups, a person could chose to punish another individual who did not donate to the public project.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Most of the forty-five business economists questioned said they expect the recession to end in the second half of the year.

VOA: special.2009.05.29