SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - NASA Celebrates Past While Facing Unsure Future BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we remember a major anniversary for the American space...
South Africa University Students Ponder Future At the end of last year, about 350,000 Grade 12 students in South Africa passed their final exams. While some celebrated, others pondered their next move. In reality, a very small group of those who had...
EXPLORATIONS - Working to Protect Plants for Future Generations CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Im Chrisopher Cruise. MARIO RITTER: And Im Mario Ritter with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about concerns about plant life, including agricultura...
Greece may get its next installment of European Union bailout funds this week, after the country's parliament approved more austerity measures. As the country cleans up from massive riots protesting the cuts, however, Greece's financial future is far...
Africa Leaders Optimistic about Future of Continent Delegates to the summit came from various African countries and from World Bank, African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Program. Addressing the participants, Zimbabwean Presiden...
Continuing Violence in Syria Raises Fears About Future The images out of Syria are frightening. And so far, President Bashar al-Assad has not taken steps to de-escalate the crisis. That worries Dr. Jerald Post at George Washington University. He is d...
Aquaponics Could Signal Future of Food Imagine growing vegetables and fish in the same space. Thats the idea behind aquaponics, a marriage of fish farming and soil-less plant cultivation in a single, sustainable closed system. Supporters believe aqua...
Agriculture Report - High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future 农业报道 - 高粮价的影响及未来 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Food prices are down from their record...
US, N. Korea Tentative about Future Relations There are still more questions than answers about what comes next for North Korea, as the communist nation mourns the death of long-time leader Kim Jong Il. One question increasingly on the minds of some...
IN THE NEWS - Iraq War Ends, an Uncertain Future Begins 新闻报道 - 伊拉克战争结束,伊拉克前途未卜 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week, the war in Iraq officially en...