A recent report predicted that the number of mobile phone accounts worldwide will reach almost four and a half billion this year.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Asia and Africa have the highest number of snakebites together about four million a year.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Over a four year period, the number of regular opium users jumped 53 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"Early last week we saw a number of locations in northern NSW [New South Wales and southern Queensland break their August record high temperatures by four or five degrees,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Using just that large number of genetic markers, the team was able to predict in almost four out of five cases whether a person would live to be 100.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

As the conference opened Sunday with a session on gender issues, Namibian lawmaker Nora Schimming-Chase said the number of women delegates has steadily declined since hitting a peak four years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

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