This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A Brazilian Christian is baptized in the Jordan River last year. Christians, Jews and Muslims all consider the Jordan River holy. Last week, Pope Benedict visited the place where John the Baptist i...
VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell complete our report about photographer Margaret Bourke-White. She helped create the modern art of photojournalism. (MUSIC) VOIC...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Sri Lankan army has been leading what it called a final push against Tamil Tiger rebels. A military spokesman told VOA that the army hoped to free all civilians trapped in rebel territory by Sunday. Th...
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We tell about a special exhibit of Amish quilts in Washington D.C., And answer a listener question from Russia about musician Scott Joplin. (MUSIC) Amish Quilt E...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Health care reform was a big subject this week at the White House. President Obama held a series of meetings, including with Democratic leaders from the House of Representatives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. As we said last week, James Buchanan of Pennsylvania won the presidential election of eighteen fifty-six. He defeated John Fremont, the candidate of the newly created Repu...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our series on American higher education, we discuss programs that are available in the Middle East. We talked last week about Michigan State University which opened a campus in August in...
VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about female scientists around the world and some of the problems they face. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Women have been making scientific di...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A question from Taiwan: Chung-Li wants to know why his face turns red when he drinks alcohol. A party in Tokyo This effect called facial flushing is a common reaction to alcohol among East Asians. It af...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about newly-found organisms that are said to be among the oldest living organisms on Earth. And, we will tell a...