BBC Learning English London Life The Oldest Cinema Andrea Im inside Londons - and the UKs - oldest cinema, The Electric, in the West of London. Its very grand in here with gold and cream walls and red velvet carpets. And Im really looking forward to...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 May 2008 Israelis are marking their 60th anniversary May 8th with parades, conferences and visits by leaders from around the world. For much of Israel's history the Kibbutz movement defined the country's ideals - self relia...
By Jessica Berman Washington 21 March 2008 Scientists have concluded that the world's oldest primate fossil known as the Millennium Ancestor belongs to a group that includes prehistoric humans rather than apes. Investigators studying the remains have...
By Brian Wagner 28 May 2007 Venezuela's government has taken control of a private television station after a midnight deadline for the station to stop broadcasting. In Caracas, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that officials are using the station's frequen...
By David McAlary Washington 21 November 2006 The U.S. space agency NASA says its oldest satellite orbiting Mars has probably ended its career. NASA engineers lost contact with it about three weeks ago and are losing hope of ever hearing from it agai...
SCIENCE REPORT – January 24, 2002: World’s Oldest Man By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. The Italian island of Sardinia recently lost its oldest citizen. Family members...