A recent report predicted that the number of mobile phone accounts worldwide will reach almost four and a half billion this year.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Asia and Africa have the highest number of snakebites together about four million a year.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

It is Allegro from Concerto Number One "Spring" from the "Four Seasons."

VOA: special.2010.03.15

Jupiter's sign looked much like the printed number "four."

VOA: special.2009.03.22

In the next four years, it plans to provide all its citizens with a national identity number.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Over a four year period, the number of regular opium users jumped 53 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

Using just that large number of genetic markers, the team was able to predict in almost four out of five cases whether a person would live to be 100.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

As the conference opened Sunday with a session on gender issues, Namibian lawmaker Nora Schimming-Chase said the number of women delegates has steadily declined since hitting a peak four years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

General Motors says it will lay off nearly 50,000 employees this year and that it plans to close five assembly plants, eliminate thousands of dealerships and reduce the number of its brands from eight to four - all in an effort to stay afloat.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30