By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 24 March 2006 watch UN Reform The reforms recently unveiled by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to overhaul the world body's operations have met resistance, both from s...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 03 March 2006 watch Combating Bird Flu Migratory birds Last year, avian flu was confined to four countries in Asia. Today, the virus is reported in 33 nations on three...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 20 January 2006 As concerns over the spread of bird flu increase, Italian police have stepped up controls at sites that could be at risk. Thousands of chickens and eggs wer...
IN THE NEWS - Leader of Storm Recovery Efforts Replaced on Gulf Coast By VOA's Staff Broadcast: Saturday, September 10, 2005 I'm Doug Johnson with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Vice Admiral Thad...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Efforts to Fight Poverty By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, October 04, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank estimates that more th...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Efforts to Rebuild Afghanistan By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 23, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Efforts are being made to educat...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Effort to End Polio by 2005 Continues By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, January 26, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Ending polio before the end of this year...
By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 15, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. International health leaders meet in Cape Town, South Africa, this week to discuss...
By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 5, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. 1)Palestinian 2)militants are demanding that 3)Israel free thousands of Palestinians or r...
Greg Flakus The U.S. Border Patrol is implementing a new initiative on the Mexico border with the state of Arizona called simply "Arizona Border Control." This is in response to the massive human smug...