The Debate Over Targeted Killings From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. This week, NBC News reported on a document written by the Department of Justice on the policy of targeted killings of American terrorism suspects. Th...
Washington Newseum Honors 82 Journalists Killed in 2012 They were killed last year while doing their jobs. The Newseum in Washington has added 82 names to its Journalists Memorial. Photojournalist Ahmed Ismael Hassan al-Samadi was shot in Bahrain whi...
IN THE NEWS - The Debate Over Targeted Killings 新闻报道 - 无人机定点清除美国涉恐公民引发争议 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week, NBC News...
Tuberculosis Cases Down, Disease Still A Major Killer The news from the World Health Organization is mixed: some 20 million people are alive today as a result of international efforts to control tuberculosis and care for those who have it. As a resul...
Special English - US Ambassador Killed in Libya I'm Avi Arditti with more news in Special English. We spoke with two VOA reporters about the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans at the United States consulate in Benghazi, Lib...
At Least 55 Killed in Damascus Suicide Car Bombings The twin blasts, not more than a minute apart, rocked the Syrian capital during morning rush hour, crushing and burning dozens of vehicles and sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The blasts...
Popular Weed Killer Stirs Health, Environmental Concerns Jamie Jamison produces corn, wheat and soybeans on his 500-hectare farm. To boost production, he uses genetically modified seeds. To control weeds, he uses Atrazine. It gives us good long-seaso...
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I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style. And so I came to see him and listen for a while. And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes. Strumming my pain with his fingers, (one t...
Lesson 24 Want to Kill Yourself ? Text A I wonder whether smoking is as harmful as doctors make us believe it to be? Some of the things they say are really hair-raising, and even if only half of what...