IN THE NEWS - A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questions for Europe This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Conservative extremists in Europe are facing new attention after the attacks last week that killed almost eighty people in Norway. On Friday the...
What is it like to be old in the United States? What will our own lives be like when we are old? Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and friends. Ag...
Three air force men were killed and one was seriously injured when their helicopter crashed early yesterday morning near Wellington. They were on their way to the ANZAC service in Wellington. The plan was for three air force Iroquois helicopters to f...
Bill Clinton is visiting a school. In one class, he asks the students if anyone can give him an example of a tragedy. One little boy stands up and offers, If my best friend who lives next door was playing in the street when a car came along and kille...
The Vancouver Olympics ended on Sunday and it could not have been a much better finish for host country Canada, which won the final gold medal. This was an Olympics that began on a sad note after the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a young luge athlet...
FRITZI BODENHEIMER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer. MARIO RITTER: And I'm Mario Ritter. The January twelfth earthquake in Haiti killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people. The quake also left hundreds...
What is it like to be old in the United States? What will our own lives be like when we are old? Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and friends. A...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 27 December 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination following a political rally Thursday ended a life that was filled with great privilege and steeped in family tragedy. VOA Correspondent Steve H...
By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 19 December 2006 watch Years Top Stories 2006 War in the Middle East, nuclear proliferation, and political change are among the most memorable events of the past year. A look back at the top stories of 2006. Iraq January...
In the early morning hours of December 3, 1984, deadly gas leaked from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. The accident would result in the worst industrial disaster of the 20th centur...