By Ivana Kuhar and George Dwyer Washington, DC 07 February 2006 watch World Bank report World Bank report A new report by the World Bank says most post-communist European countries are now better inte...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans, LA 03 February 2006 watch Rebuilding report The city of New Orleans, Louisiana currently has less than half its pre-Katrina population of around 500,000 people. Efforts to...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 07 January 2006 In Sri Lanka, at least 13 sailors have been killed in an attack on a naval vessel by suspected ethnic Tamil rebels. Soldiers of Sri Lankan Air Force stand...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 January 2006 Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, right, congratulates Rajnath Singh, the new President of Bharatiya Janta Party A new leader has taken ch...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 01 January 2006 The mayor of New Orleans, a city that was devastated four months ago by Hurricane Katrina, says his wishes for the new year include rebuilding the city's pro...
EXPLORATIONS -May 8, 2002: Hubble's New Camera By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Last week, the...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - March 28, 2002: 1930s/Foreign Policy By David Jarmul VOICE 1: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (Theme) I'm Shirley Griffith. Tod...
THIS IS AMERICA - December 30, 2002: New Year's Traditions By Jerilyn Watson (THEME) VOICE ONE: On December thirty-first, Americans and other people around the world welcome the New Year. I’m Mary T...
SCIENCE REPORT-January 10, 2002: New Glaucoma Treatments By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Sixty-seven-million people around the world cannot see because they suffer f...
IN THE NEWS -April 20, 2002: US Cardinals Called to Vatican By Caty Weaver Pope John Paul II This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The leader of the Roman Catholic Chur...