Three months ago, the I.M.F.predicted a small growth for this year.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Rocket attacks have been rare since Israel's massive three-week assault on Gaza a year and a half ago.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Fourteen-year-old Nam Gao says that when she moved to Thailand three years ago, her parents tried to enroll her in a Thai school.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

There are 20 sports this year, three more than were played four years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10