Ling: Ugh! Sam: Whats the matter? Ling: Im trying to jot down some ideas for the meeting tomorrow but Im drawing a blank. Sam: When Ive got a block, I usually step away from it for a while and come back to it later. Then I can look at it with a fresh...
ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed our ideas about the universe and how it developed. Edwin Hubbl...
State Department officials say a senior U.S. envoy is in Pyongyang, discussing ideas aimed at salvaging the troubled accord under which North Korea would scrap its nuclear program. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Christopher Hill...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 December 2006 President Bush and members of the Senate served notice on the Iraq Study Group Thursday that its 79-recommendation report on U.S. Iraq policy is not likely to be adopted in its entirety. But the group's co-chai...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 14 November 2006 watch Iraq Study Group The White House has not provided details of President Bush's meeting on Monday with members of the Iraq Study Group, which is preparing a set of recommendations for America's I...
By Patricia Nunan Srinagar 12 April 2006 Following nearly six decades of tension and fighting between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, some of the troubled region's leaders are looking for new ways to...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 23 March 2006 watch Women Heart report People often associate sudden bursts of exercise with a dramatically increased risk of heart attack, especially for sedentary mid...