Twenty years ago, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development was created to help former communist countries after the fall of the Soviet Union.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

One of the big arguments that is part of this story is when did this development of new way of fighting come about; rather quickly, over a matter of a few years, or did it stretch out over quite a long time.

人们对此最大的争议就在于,这种新型战斗方式是何时为军队所用的,是在短短几年内迅速发展起来的呢,还是在很长的一段时间逐步形成的呢

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The Cape Verdean government has taken steps in recent years to promote foreign investment in tourism infrastructure, resulting in large scale development on a few of the ten principal islands.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"In recent years, the development of rapid, diagnostic tests for malaria, also known as RDTs, which can be performed by healthcare workers after a brief training has made the extension of diagnostic testing to rural health facilities possible."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

Global research company REN 21 - a network of governments, non-government organizations, and industry associations - reports China's total wind power doubled for the fifth year in a row in 2008, ending that year producing 12 gigawatts and passing its 2010 development target of 10 gigawatts two years early.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03