This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama made his first official visit to Latin America. He arrived Thursday in Mexico City and met with President Felipe Calderon. They discussed the drug war in Mexico, illegal immigrat...
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A group of more than 50 organizations providing humanitarian assistance in Somalia called for increased international attention to the situation in the country. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the groups assert that...
cThe U.N. Special Humanitarian Envoy appealed for increased attention to the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, following a trip to the country. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, humanitarian agencies are warning of an alarming rise in the need for...
By Jim Fry Washington 22 January 2008 As the U.S. presidential candidates for both major parties head into a crucial two-week period of the campaign, experts say it is not clear who will emerge as the nominees next fall. The upcoming contest in Flori...
By Joseph Mok Mullinville, Kansas 10 January 2008 Driving by Highway US-400, west of the small town of Mullinville, Kansas, visitors are greeted with hundreds of metal sculptures, flapping and twirling against the blue sky on the prairie. For produce...
China's largest trading partner, the European Union, is paying great attention to the Party Congress. EU Ambassador to China, Serge Abou, spoke highly of the the event, highlighting the political and economic strength that China has gained through r...
When I travel I often read obituaries, many can and should make you sad, the 26-year-old mother of 2 who dies in a fire, the 16-year-old student who goes out with friends and gets killed in a car crash. But many others, especially during weeks like...
EDUCATION REPORT - Learning Disabilities, Part 7: Attention Deficit Disorder By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, March 18, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. W...
Broadcast: Feb 2, 2003 Officials of the U.S. space agency, NASA, probing the loss of the space shuttle Columbia are paying close attention to the orbiter's heat-resistant outer tiles, some of which ma...