Beginners. When my computer doesn't work, or when I cannot get a good internet connection, I miss podcasting. I'm sorry that I missed last week, but it was one thing after another with computers. Do you ever have problems with them? They are so usefu...
By David Gollust Washington 04 June 2008 The State Department's annual report on human trafficking, issued Wednesday, gave the lowest rankings to some U.S. Arab allies, including Saudi Arabia. But several countries were credited with an improved per...
Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Victor? You're the worst pupil in your class. Said the father. What's that got to do with me? Is it my fault that the worst one was yesterday transferred to another school? was the answer. 维克多，你是班里最差的学生。...
Teacher: Betty, you made so many mistakes in your exercises, surely your mother will blame you! Betty: Blame me? Oh, no. On the contrary, I'll blame her, because it was she that did my homework instead. 老师：贝蒂，你作业中出了这么多错，你妈妈一定会...
By Gary Thomas Washington 18 April 2008 A new report by U.S. government auditors has sharply criticized U.S. counterterrorism planning for Pakistan. The report says the United States has failed to produce a comprehensive plan to wipe out terrorist sa...
By David Gollust State Department 29 February 2008 A U.S. State Department report Friday said Colombia and Afghanistan remain the world's biggest producers of illicit cocaine and opium. The annual report faults Venezuela and Burma for inadequate effo...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 October 2007 South Sudan says it was forced to suspend its participation in the unity government with Sudanese leaders in Khartoum because no amount of negotiation could get President Omar al-Bashir to implement key parts o...
By David Gollust State Department 17 September 2007 A White House report says Burma and Venezuela failed during the past year to make substantial efforts to curb drug trafficking or cooperate with the United States on the issue. Venezuela and Burma w...
Time again for StoryCorps. This oral history project collects stories from everyday people. Harry Herz sold tabaco pipes as a traveling salesman in the 1950s. For a week each month he would come home to his family in Newport Rhode Island. Here his d...
