In recent years, the high court has considered an average of about 80 cases each year selected from about 8,000 requests for review.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

In that group, twenty-two percent of the wives earned more than their husbands during the most recent year of the study.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

More than seven thousand six hundred incidents were reported nationwide in two thousand seven, the most recent year available.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Mr.Obama's approval ratings average just below 50 percent in recent polls, down sharply from this time last year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Klug held another Donor Dudes event at the recent Winter X Games which were held this year in his hometown of Aspen,Colorado.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

In Thailand,as many as 1.4 million visitors arrived seeking medical care in 2007, the most recent year numbers are available up from half a million in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

A recent UN report found the number of civilians killed increased by 24 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

On the other hand, only 44 percent believed the war is worth the cost in a recent ABC News Washington Post poll, down from 56 percent in March of last year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Mitchell said he is not discouraged about his mission's recent setbacks, including acrimonious exchanges over a recent U.N.report alleging possible war crimes in last year's Gaza conflict, citing the example of his successful Northern Ireland peace efforts in the 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

Blatter's doubts about Nigeria's hosting capacities have been made explicit in recent months, based over a year of debate and threats of moving the tournament, during which the country did just enough to avoid the embarrassment of being replaced as host.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22