Syrian Refugees Seek Help in Lebanon Saadnayel, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, has a population of about 30,000 people. The small town is hosting more than 5,000 refugees from Syria's violence, now entering its 15th month. Ziad al-Ali arrived two weeks a...
THIS IS AMERICA - Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 Helped Redefine Childrens Literature FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we remember the...
Campaign Aims to Help End Childhood HIV Infections A new campaigns been launched to help eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015. Its called Believe it, Do it. Its estimated nearly 400,000 children become infected with the AIDS virus ever...
Living Classroom Helps California Students Improve Scores A volunteer event that started in Los Angeles 14 years ago is transforming the lives of school children in communities across the the U.S. state of California. It is called Big Sunday. At the...
THIS IS AMERICA - How to Help an Endangered Language BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. This week on our program, we look at efforts to protect threatened languages. An...
North Korean Launch Failure Helps US Intel For North Korea, this was supposed to be a show of pride. Pyongyang had invited foreign journalists for a rare glimpse of its secretive program. Breaking up in just seconds, the failure was quick and obvious...
Charity Workers Say Time Running Out to Help South Sudan Refugees More than 100,000 refugees have fled conflict in Sudans war-torn border states. Since June, just weeks before the country split, they sought refuge in the newly-independent south. But...
Health Report - In 'Sober Houses,' Heroin Addicts Learn to Help Themselves 健康报道 - 吸毒者互相帮助戒毒 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Tourists come to Zanzibar for its wh...
Oscar-nominated Music Helps Movies Soar 奥斯卡提名配乐使电影锦上添花 Most people consider film to be purely visual. Yet a movie's music, or score, plays a key role in conveying the works message. 大多数人认为电影是纯粹的视觉...
New App Helps ID Altered Fingerprints Altered state Biting the pads off fingertips or surgically replacing the fingerprints with toe prints might seem like drastic measures but Anil Jain, a biometrics expert and professor at Michigan State University...