Last week, we told you that the number of foreign students in the United States had reached an all-time high.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

That was more than ten percent of all Americans -- and more than eight times the number of people in Ireland itself.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

They all reached the number one position in pop music record sales in nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

In the next four years, it plans to provide all its citizens with a national identity number.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

She says that a number of her counterparts were not aware that the Israeli offer included an end to all new settlement activity in the West Bank, an end to the expropriation of Palestinian land,and an end to any new construction permits.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

General Motors says it will lay off nearly 50,000 employees this year and that it plans to close five assembly plants, eliminate thousands of dealerships and reduce the number of its brands from eight to four - all in an effort to stay afloat.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30