He says he has worn it for two days and figures it must be working because he has not come down with the flu.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

As many as 100,000 people may have died in the two wars between Russia and Chechnya since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but exact figures are not known.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The figures in the two efforts reveal an anomaly: While Cambodia has succeeded in dramatically cutting the ratio of children who die each year, the maternal mortality figure has not dropped in a decade.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10