Rebuilding in Moore After Deadly Tornado From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. People in Moore, Oklahoma, are starting to rebuild after a three-kilometer-wide tornado hit the city on Monday. Officials say the storm killed 24 people in Moore...
Moore, Oklahoma, Begins to Recover from Deadly Tornado The tornado cut a wide path of destruction through Moore, taking away in an instant the comfortable lives people had built here. But many survivors are just happy to be alive. I feel lucky; I fee...
UN Spearheads Drive to Protect Journalists After Deadly 2012 When shells fell on the Syrian city of Homs in February 2012, a building used by foreign media took a direct hit - killing renowned Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin, along with Frenc...
Honoring US Civil War Dead As the U.S. commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, a new project is underway to honor the more than 620-thousand soldiers who died in the conflict. Its called the Living Legacy Project. Cate Magennis Wyatt sai...
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NANNING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Nine people are dead and one missing in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region after rainstorms that have affected millions of people over the last few days, local authorities said on Tuesday. As of Tuesday evenin...
53 Dead in Attack on Iraqi Shites Firefighters hosed down the pavement along the road where the bombing took place, as workers removed pieces of food, shoes and clothing from the scene of the explosion. Dozens were killed and wounded in the blast, bu...
MANILA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- No Chinese national has so far been found dead in the flashfloods triggered by tropical storm Washi ( local name Sendong), a Chinese embassy official said on Sunday. When asked on possible casualties of Chinese nationals,...
Four Dead as Hurricane Irene Churns Up US East Coast Hurricane Irene continues to pound the U.S. East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds, leaving at least four people dead in its wake and paralyzing ground and air traffic. U.S. officials say thr...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT - September 20, 2002: Jordan and Israel Seek to Help Dead Sea By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Israel and Jordan recently announced that they woul...