The Global Heritage Fund says over seventy percent of the environment in this area has been lost in the past ten years.

VOA: special.2010.11.03

The Dead Sea lost thirty-three percent of its surface area during the last half-century.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

It's just we've lost our focus. And so there is a need to be refocusing on the area of science, making it accessible to a wider rage and a more diverse group of students, not just young men, but also young women."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

They are modest in comparison with the 56, 000 jobs the area lost in the first two years of the downturn.

WSJ: Long Island Is an Unlikely Jobs Engine

"Since the army camp closed, about 1, 000 jobs have been lost in this area and that was devastating to Ballykelly, so to have these jobs relocated is wonderful, " one local man said.

BBC: Dard move welcomed in Ballykelly

The Chicago area has lost 258, 000 jobs, San Francisco 217, 000, Los Angeles 168, 000 and Boston 100, 004.

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