The first lady said the plan also includes increasing the number of high school students who take part in physical education classes.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

The World Food Program said last week that the number of hungry people will pass one billion this year for the first time in history.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

But first we answer a question about the strange American use of the number eighty-six.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

For the first time, scientists around the world had a limitless number of cells they could use to test the effects of diseases, medicines and chemicals.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

A separate report in December said the number of men and women dying of cancer in the United States had dropped for the first time on record.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

"In the Midnight Hour" became his first number one song.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

His fans are equally impressed with the album. First-week sales led to a Number One debut on Billboard's Country chart.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It says that for the first time, the number of children dying every year has fallen below 2.5 million children every year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

He also made NASA history, becoming the first orthopedic surgeon in space, conducting a number of medical experiments.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Mr.Obama says it is only the first of a number of meetings to address those issues.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

The collection is his first to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

First,the Labor Department reported a spike in the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

The number of international arrivals declined steadily over the first three quarters of 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Reports from the first round of voting detailed a number of violent attacks by the Taliban, including rocket fire and the amputations of ink-stained fingers on voters' hands.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

A recent UN report found the number of civilians killed increased by 24 percent in the first six months of this year compared to the same period in 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

The decision late Wednesday from the Geneva-based body comes the same day as Germany and Austria announced their first confirmed cases of swine flu, raising the total number of countries affected to 10.

VOA: standard.2009.04.29

The Labor Department says first-time claims for jobless benefits took an unexpected drop last week, to the lowest number since 2009 began, and 20 percent lower than at its peak earlier in the year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

A growing number of countries are either discouraging or banning travel to and from Mexico, where the first cases of swine flu were reported and where the virus is suspected in thousands of infections and more than 150 deaths.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30