About thirteen million hectares of forest were cut down or lost through natural causes each year in the last ten years.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The United States has lost more than three and a half million jobs since the recession began more than a year ago.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

That was where the Union army had lost a battle to the Confederates one year before.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

The others lost their jobs because they were rated "minimally effective" for a second year.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

But the guest said in the last year or two he began talking more about Islam and "lost his way" in a struggle with financial problems.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

The magical world of Disney animation lost its cornerstone in 1966 when the 65-year-old Disney died of lung cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

The World Health Organization estimates that malaria costs Africa an estimated $12 billion a year in health expenditures and lost productivity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"It's estimated that the average commuter in our region, congestion costs that person in excess of $1000 per year in lost time."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

One projection indicates that 23,000 jobs with direct or indirect ties to the space industry, could be lost in Florida within a year.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Cleveland lost this year in the second round of the playoffs to the Boston Celtics.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

While the unemployment rate is rising, the pace of layoffs has slowed from early this year, when nearly three-quarters of a million jobs were lost in January.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

They lost to Kansas last year in the semifinals.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Specter's announcement is the latest setback for Republicans, who lost control of the Senate and House of Representatives in 2006 and lost the White House and more seats in Congress last year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Thai economists are warning Thailand's unemployment levels could reach 1.3 million people this year, more than double the530,000 people who lost their jobs last year when the unemployment rate stood at 1.4 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

I suddenly realized I was in this absurd situation: I am an amateur baker, I hadn't been in a church in years, I barely speak French, and found myself going over to try to restore the lost 1300-year-old tradition of baking at the abbey."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16