Civil Society Pushing for Arms Trade Treaty Final negotiations begin in July on the Arms Trade Treaty. The agreement would control the global trade in conventional weapons from rifles to tanks to warships. This week, the last round of preliminary tal...
US Civil War Comes Alive 150 Years After First Battle A century and a half after the first major battle of the U.S. Civil War, thousands of soldiers in 19th century uniforms once again faced each other across a field in Manassas, Virginia, 50 kilomet...
Duo Civil Wars Releases Debut Album While Joy Williams and John Paul White of the Civil Wars may sound like they're in love when singing some of the songs on their debut, the pair is not in a romantic partnership, just a musical one. The duo recently...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - New Movie and Museum Exhibits Shine New Light on Civil War Events DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, our program is all about the Civil War in a new film and museum...
今天我们要学的词是civil rights。 Civil rights, 民权。每年一月第三个星期一是美国联邦假日马丁.路德金日。Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader, 马丁.路德金是著名民权领袖。He played a...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 06 April 2008 Israel has launched a major civil defense exercise amid fears of war. Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau. Israel is conducting a five-day home-front security drill to prepare for the possibility...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 March 2008 Heavy fighting has been raging in Basra following a major pre-dawn offensive by thousands of Iraqi troops against Shi'ite militias in the southern city. Iraqi officials say at least 12 people have been killed...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 January 2008 The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan says instability is threatening progress in public health. Dr. Chan reviewed the global health situation in an opening speech to the 34-member...
By Robert Raffaele Washington 17 January 2008 On Monday, January 21st, Americans will celebrate the life of an African-American and civil rights pioneer, Martin Luther King, Junior on the U.S. holiday commemorating his birth. King's actual birthday i...
By Brian Wagner Miami 18 October 2007 Venezuela's National Assembly is debating constitutional reforms that President Hugo Chavez says are necessary for his so-called 21st century socialist revolution. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that critic...
