MC: Now for the final question from Miss Scotland. Will you join me down here? Welcome, congratulations so far. OK, your question was sent in, and I hope I get the pronunciation right, by Wakani Nundw...
A 1) herring once decided to swim right around the world. “I’m tired of the North Sea,” he said. “I want to find out what else there is in the world.” So he swam off south into the deep Atla...
J.K. Rowling (Author): I know that when I read books as a kid, the characters became part of my fantasy life. Margot Adler (Interviewer): Uh-huh. And you've lived with Harry Potter for more than ten y...
By Caty Weaver Broadcast: September 26, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Three-thousand activists, scientists, community leaders and government officials atten...
By Mario Ritter Broadcast: November 28, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The World Trade Organization is the international system for negotiating trade issues. T...
By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: September 20, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. Countries of 1)the World Trade Organization failed to reach agreement early this we...
Broadcast: March 3, 2003 By Onka Dekker This is Robert Colen the VOA Special English Development Report Organizers of the World Social Forum have chosen India as the meeting place in two-thousand-four...
Broadcast: Jan 13, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. International experts are concerned about a growing humanitarian crisis - world hunger. Last year, the World Fo...
Broadcast: May 9, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach and Caty Weaver HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC--VOA's radio magazine in Special English. This is Doug Johnson. On our program today, We answer a listener's...
Broadcast: Mar 28,2003 Olympic silver medallist Evgeni Plushenko of Russia has won the men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships here in Washington. Plushenko used a combination of nearly...