Since its beginnings sixty years ago, four hundred ninety-four criminals have been placed on the "Top Ten List."

VOA: special.2010.05.05

Pumps that were used to keep the mine dry have not been in operation since its closure.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

There's no denying the festival's grown a bit since its start.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

This is the first time the alliance of more than a dozen militant groups with links to al-Qaida has claimed responsibility since its former leader Baitullah Mehsud was reportedly killed in a U.S.missile strike.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Since its inception in 1990, TV Marti has been the subject of controversy over cost, contracting,internal management and journalistic issues, and the inability of the Miami-based station to reach enough of the population in Cuba to justify the $500 million spent on the operation so far.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Since two thousand five, the F.C.C.has used four policy principles to guide its enforcement in cases related to the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Many voters were dissatisfied with the L.D.P.and its reaction to Japan's worst recession since the Second World War.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Since the closing of the Bank of the United States, the government had kept its money in a number of state banks.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Southern California has lost ninety percent of its watery forests since the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The nongovernmental organization has released its Corruption Perceptions Index each year since nineteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

And,the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania received its second-biggest snowfall since record-keeping began.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Since then,Cleveland has sought to improve its image.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Hundreds of MDC supporters have been killed and tens of thousands injured since the MDC fought its first election in 2000.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

The political uncertainty comes as Afghanistan faces its worst violence since the invasion that ousted the Taliban in late 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Israel has not annexed the West Bank since capturing the territory following its victory in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

This recent incursion is the first of its kind since 2008, when hundreds of soldiers entered Iraq to attack PKK bases.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Since then,North Korea has cooled its hostile rhetoric and offered to engage with the United States and South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Egypt,for the most part, has kept its border with the Palestinian territory closed since Hamas militants came to power in 2007.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

It was the first day of trading since state-owned Dubai World asked for a six-month delay in repaying its debts.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Across the Tasman Sea, New Zealand had its warmest August since temperatures were first recorded 155 years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Analysts say the Balkan country is struggling with its worst economic slump since independence in 1991, as consumption,investments and exports have tumbled.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

But MEND has been severely weakened since dozens of its field commanders and thousands of gunmen accepted President Yar'Adua's amnesty offer and disarmed.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

There also have been at least five instances of violence since the Pakistani military began its offensive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Shanahan says since the inauguration of U.S.President Barack Obama the country has shifted its climate policy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04