The story of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the area that is Yosemite National Park begins about 500 million years ago.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Some of their hit songs include "500 Miles", "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "If I Had a Hammer."

VOA: special.2009.12.27

More than 2,500 people from 96 countries will discuss ways to solve the crisis.

VOA: special.2009.01.23

This year, there were 17,500 camels, horses and other animals at the event.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Members of Team Drought studied more than 2,500 examples from the collection.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

The moon is 500,000 kilometers away.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Current construction of 2,500 homes in the West Bank will continue along with 455 additional new housing units approved this week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

General Motors, once the world's biggest automaker, also plans to close about 2,500 dealerships by the end of next year.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

IFAD estimates 500 million smallholder farms worldwide are supporting two billion people -- one third of the world's population.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

And he said the number of facilities supplying anti-retroviral drugs used to combat AIDS would be doubled from 500 to 1,000.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

The Mars-500 mission at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems will test the psychological and physical effects of long-term isolation on humans.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

Emergency coordinator Javier Escobedo says the organization plans to distribute 500 metric tons of bean seeds to farmers in the area.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

The women go for the gold in three other events, including the long jump, and four-by-400 meter relay and 1,500 meters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Some 1,500 people attended the two-hour ceremony under the soaring white dome of the basilica, as rain poured down outside.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29