After the political agreement was signed scores of MDC supporters and rights activists were kidnapped and held in secret locations for weeks and months.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

And he stressed that ineffective programs will be cut in the weeks and months ahead.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

"We are looking forward to consulting closely with his government in the weeks and months to come to assure that the Afghan people are actually seeing progress on the ground,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Mr.Major says it is imperative for the inquiry to determine whether Blair's cabinet knew that there were serious doubts about whether there actually were any weapons of mass destruction in the weeks and months ahead of the invasion.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

The symptoms appear suddenly and last a few weeks or months before slowly disappearing.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

But the muscle and joint pain can last for weeks or months.

VOA: special.2009.04.13

President Obama says the Haitian earthquake relief effort will not be measured in days or weeks, but in months and even years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

No political bloc took enough seats to assume power and Western diplomats,among others, say it could be weeks,perhaps months before a ruling coalition could come together.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Usually,it takes months and months and months, not just (a) few weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

"That will be restored over the next few weeks months as the policy efforts that have been put in place begin to take effect and people really see that it makes a difference.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"Those are the complaints that we are actually dealing with at this point in time." VOA News asked Kippen if the on-site investigations of massive ballot box stuffing and other acts of election fraud will take weeks or,as some predict, months to complete.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15