The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than one billion of the world's people faced hunger last year.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

Organizers of the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas say attendance was up twenty percent from last year.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Last December, the Australia-based company Invetech reported that it had delivered the world's first production model 3-D bio-printer for Organovo.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

When last heard from, Amelia Earhart was seeking to become the first female pilot to fly a plane around the world.

VOA: special.2011.01.18

Last month the World Bank predicted a 2% decrease this year - the largest drop since the 1940s.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

And he did it faster than the world record time Phelps set last year at the Beijing Olympics.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

It was the last of one hundred thirty five flights for the world's first reusable space vehicle design.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

Last year,for the first time, the World Health Organization added snakebites to its list of "neglected tropical diseases."

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Last month,the group's festival brought artists from around the world to Washington to celebrate art and art education.

VOA: special.2010.07.09

The International Society of Toxinology officially supported the Initiative last month at the World Congress of Plant, Animal and Microbial Toxins in Recife,Brazil.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

So millions of people around the world have received the last words of advice from Ann Landers.

VOA: special.2011.04.24

The Two Thousand Ten World Cup has promised drama from the moment groups were announced last December.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

During its yearly World Water Day observance last month it called on the international community to work together to solve the water crisis.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

World trade is expected to drop eleven percent this year, after expanding by three percent last year.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

A non-stop flight around the world without re-fueling was the last flight record to be set.

VOA: special.2010.10.06

That is twelve percent more than last year, and equal to two-thirds of the world's population.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

The World Health Organization says there were almost two hundred fifty thousand new cases last year.

VOA: special.2009.10.14