But now,interest rates for borrowing by troubled countries like Greece and Portugal have fallen sharply.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Most blamed the recession. The most recent student survey showed that just one-fifth of those who looked for jobs before graduation have one by now.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

"Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for American to solve the world's problems alone.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

He says if it was not for her famous father the military government would probably have executed her by now.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

His defense case, conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, is now in its ninth week.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

(No Transcripts:13 seconds) Trade has been growing by 30 percent annually for much of this decade, and now tops $100-billion a year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

But now that revenue is not enough for the government, which has boosted domestic spending by subsidizing food and taking over private enterprises."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

A formal call for such a meeting has now been made by Britain, France and Germany.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Now a landmark lawsuit brought by the Senegalese Office for Artists' Royalties against two major Dakar media outlets could turn music-making into a profitable business.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Foreign remittances from the diaspora now account for almost 20 percent of GDP by some estimates, and new cars frequent the streets of the capital.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Montpelier is now owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

The veterans,all in their 80's and 90's now,and their families came from all around the country for this 65th Anniversary event, sponsored by the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Britain's political life has been dominated for the past three decades by two parties - the Conservatives, now led by David Cameron, and Labor headed by current Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23