The number of students doubled between 2000 and 2005, due in part to the introduction of free primary education.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

The increase appeared to be driven by a 1.8 percent spike in wholesale prices, largely due to higher energy prices.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

But with school due to resume in just one month after summer vacation, parents are already getting worried.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"And,in many of these areas, either the roads are impassable due to insecurity or due to poor weather and poor road conditions."

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

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

His family was in Pakistan for a wedding two weeks ago. They were supposed to leave Sunday, but were unable due to flight delays.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

But,he says,distribution of aid to displaced people in Sa'ada has been suspended due to the fighting.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"Worldwide there have been nearly three quarters drop in deaths due to measles since 2000,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The current government in Kabul appears to be facing a more immediate threat,however, not from the Taliban but due to concerns about its own credibility.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Carole White and Mia Farrow, who each have their own account of that evening 13 years ago, are due to appear in court next week.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

A number of U.S.bases in Iraq are due to be made into training facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

The expanding U.S.advisory role coincides with a decrease in combat operations in the months before U.S.troops are due to withdraw by the end of December 2011.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

The Italian aid group Emergency has had a tense relationship with local authorities in violence-wracked Helmand province, due in part to its policy of treating all patients.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

has slowed slightly. Analyst say it's due in part to the economic downturn, tougher border enforcement and an increase in workplace raids by police looking for illegals.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12