So we thought that it's timely, especially that this year, there was a great effort by UNAIDS invested in the region to ensure that all the countries will actually report and live up to their commitments made to the 2001 Declaration in the U.N.General Assembly Special Session on HIV.

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NACE's latest survey in March found that employers expected to hire twenty-two percent fewer graduates this year than last.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

Still,a study earlier this year found that most Americans think having darker skin is appealing and gives a healthy look.

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But Apple made the biggest news when it announced that it would offer its own digital tablet this year.

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Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, predicted that one area of strong sales this year will be mobile phones.

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And it said this week that final results will likely show two thousand nine was the fifth-warmest year on record.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

This week on our program, we tell you about some fiftieth anniversaries that are being observed this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

The W.H.O.report estimates that twelve million people will be found to have some form of cancer this year.

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The Council of Graduate Schools says this followed an increase of six percent last year and nine percent the year before that.

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The bank estimates that up to three trillion dollars of public and private loans in developing countries must be repaid this year.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

But the retail federation said at the end of November that discounters had fewer shoppers this year.

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The Russell,Majors and Waddell Company decided to show that this central route could be used all year.

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The agency reported that the only parts of the world with cooler than average conditions this year were the United States and Canada.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

On Friday President Obama proposed tax credits for every new employee that a business hires this year.

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