About twenty thousand ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each year on their way to the Suez Canal.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Michael O'Donnell says the F.A.A.is spending between seven hundred fifty thousand and one million dollars a year on radar research.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Each year on that day the National Education Association calls for every child and every community in America to celebrate reading.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

And every year on January nineteenth -- Poe's birthday -- people watch for a man dressed in black to appear.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

Each year on November tenth, a ceremony is held there to remember the crew members of the Fitzgerald.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Charles Schulz had Snoopy remember Bill Mauldin every year on the American holiday that honors former soldiers.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

Professor Irvine-Halliday says many people spend well over one hundred dollars a year on the fuel.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

You can find other reports from the past year on our web site at voaspecialenglish.com.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Researchers from Kansas State University reported last year on their experiments with steaks.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

They spent an average of about eight hundred dollars a year on supplies.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

The seven-time winner competed this year on the Astana team based in Kazakhstan.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March eighth.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Mr.Obama also plans to seek money-saving ideas from private industry, and to hold a forum later this year on reforming government.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"In large parts of southern Asia, central Africa, these regions are likely to have the warmest year on record,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.09