IN THE NEWS -April 27, 2002: World Bank This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program IN THE NEWS. The World Bank is not a normal bank. It is not a place where individuals borrow money. The...
IN THE NEWS -February 9, 2002: World Economic Forum By Jerilyn Watson This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. The World Economic Forum meeting ended this week in New Yor...
EDUCATION REPORT – September 5, 2002: Schools Around the World By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Teachers in eight nations and Hong Kong are taking part in an unusu...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT -April 19, 2002: World’s Forests Endangered By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Many of the world ’s forests are quickly disappearing because of...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT -February 8, 2002: Health Effects of World Trade Center Attack By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. There are growing environmental concerns about the...
HEALTH REPORT - September 25, 2002: World Heart Day By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Heart Federation has declared Sunday, September twenty-ninth to be World...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – November 4, 2002: World Health Report 2002 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The life expectancy of people around the world could increase by five...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – October 28, 2002: UN World Food Report By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says hunger kills mi...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – July 8, 2002: World Day Against Child Labor By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations International Labor Organization has launched a y...
By Jill Moss DEVELOPMENT REPORT -March 25, 2002: World TB Day This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report. March twenty-fourth was World Tuberculosis Day. The yearly event is he...