Single fellas looking for a girlfriend would prefer a lady who's trim and slim. But according to a survey, although many women would have to survive on salad to keep the shape three-quarters of men would like, nine in ten men expect their perfect par...
A new poll has revealed that wearing glasses ages people by at least three years. On average, glasses-wearers were put at 3.3 years older than they actually were in the survey of 4,000 people commissioned by the London Vision Clinic。 Those who wear...
Scientists from more than a dozen West African countries discuss how technology can help meet Millennium Development Goals. World Leaders are gathering in New York this week to discuss the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - a set of object...
US president Barack Obama called for a new beginning between the United States and Muslims, in his landmark address to Muslim world from the Grand Hall of Cairo University, Cairo [file photo] A new international survey of 24,000 people in 22 countrie...
Very shortly, the decennial - meaning every-10th-year - census of the nation's population, which is mandated by the U.S. Constitution, will get underway. And there's a lot more to it than just trying to count the number of Americans. The population k...
BBC Learning English Weekender Body image survey results Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Weekender today, we listen to a report about a BBC survey of 25,000 young British people, asking about their body imag...
A new survey by the British Red Cross finds most Britons are unaware of major conflicts in the world, besides Iraq and Afghanistan where the British military is engaged. Less than one percent of those surveyed identified the major African conflict z...
A survey conducted in predominantly Muslim nations shows an overall embrace of globalization, trade, and integration into the world economy. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. For those who view Muslims as generally insular, inward-looki...
U.S. teenagers today are less hopeful than they were just five years ago about America's ability to address its most critical problems, from the economy and global warming to international terrorism. But a new survey of American high school students...
A new survey finds Hispanic voters in the United States overwhelmingly back Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain in the presidential race. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington. Senator McCain represents Arizona, a state that bor...
