At his first press conference of the year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said his cabinet will reflect on war history. This echoes Emperor Akihito's call for the nation to learn from history in his New Year speech. Abe says the Japanese gove...
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As you study English, you will become familiar with question tags. A tag is a little something that is added on, just like the tag on your shirt that tells you the size and type of material. We use question tags all the time in English to add a brief...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How important is your mobile phone, better known to Americans as a cell phone? MAN: I use my phone all the time. I'm always on my phone. WOMAN: It's kind of pretty much important to me because it's like...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 06 January 2007 Critics raising concerns about Indonesia's disaster response system and the safety of the country's rapidly growing budget airline industry following the disappearance of a Boeing 737 on New Year's Day. Chad...
By Michael Bowman Washington 10 August 2006 It has been more than 10 days since Cuba announced that President Fidel Castro had undergone gastrointestinal surgery and temporarily transferred executive authority to his brother, Raul. Since then, there...
By Michael Bowman Washington 02 August 2006 In Cuba, Vice President Raul Castro has maintained a low profile since assuming executive authority while his older brother, Fidel, recovers from intestinal surgery. Cuban officials insist the transfer of...
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 28 July 2006 For the second time this week, a large plane arrived in the Islamists-controlled Somali capital of Mogadishu Friday, carrying an unknown cargo. But many people believe it contains weapons from Eritrea, which the...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 07 June 2006 U.S. officials, lawmakers and experts on nuclear proliferation are pushing for more answers in the case of a global nuclear black market, run by AQ Khan, who us...
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