1. President Barack Obama has arrived back in the US following an international trip that took him to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany and France. Before Obama left Paris, he and his family took in some of the sights and Mrs.Obama went shopping. 2. Thre...
1. Recalling the unimaginable hell of D-Day suffering, President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the against-all-odds Allied landings that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France and turned the tide of history. Obama joined other world leaders in Franc...
1.President Barack Obama toured Germanys Buchenwald concentration camp Friday. He said the camp where an estimated 56,000 people died is the ultimate rebuke to Holocaust deniers and skeptics. 2.France and Brazil are disagreeing over what has or has...
1. President Barack Obama is in the German city of Dresden, a symbol of reconciliation and rebuilding. Obama arrived late Thursday from Cairo where he called for a new beginning in relations between the US and the Muslim world. Many Muslims say it's...
1.President Barack Obama has set what he hopes is the right tone for his trip to Cairo. There he'll deliver a major speech directed to the Muslim world. During a stopover in Saudi Arabia, Obama said he felt it important to come to the place where Is...
1. Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been taking questions from those who will decide whether she'll sit on the bench. She was on Capitol Hill today, meeting with leaders from both parties. Democrats want a quick confirmation process...
1.An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris is missing. The plane ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms over the Atlantic Ocean. Officials fear all aboard are lost. 2.General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protec...
1. A Wichita city official says a suspect is in custody in the shooting death of late-term abortion provider George Tiller. An attorney for Tiller says the doctor was shot Sunday as he served as an usher during morning services at the Reform Luthera...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. This week, we tell about Everglades National Park in the American state of Florida. We also tell about an effort to improve the condi...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Mulch is material spread over soil. It protects against wind and rain damage. It can also limit weed growth. Finding materials for organic mulch can be easy. Small pieces of tree bark or cut up lea...
