American Families Visit Russia with Adopted Children MOSCOW Last winter, passions were high over the Kremlins ban on American families adopting Russian children. In the streets, demonstrators said they were ashamed that their government was hurting o...
Obama Visit to Soweto Seen as Bow to Struggle for Freedom The images from a 1976 student uprising in the township of Soweto remain searing to this day: apartheid police firing at, and beating back, black students rebelling against a deliberately raci...
Obama Visit: Acknowledging Senegals Democratic Track Record Obama visits Senegal a little more than a year after a hotly contested presidential race tested the country. That election in 2012 began with deadly street protests against the incumbent's u...
Hagel Wraps Up Visit Aimed at Reassuring Asian Allies Chuck Hagel launched his first trip to Asia as secretary of defense from Hawaii, telling troops of the U.S. Pacific Command the toughest battle ahead is in cyberspace. This is a very difficult, bu...
A Visit to an Asian "Night Market" in Los Angeles From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program we take you to a night market in Los Angeles. We a...
A Visit to Two National Parks: Mount Rainier and Valley Forge Im Shirley Griffith. And Im Christopher Cruise with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about two areas that are popular with visitors to the United States. One is a place o...
A Visit to Americas National Cryptologic Museum From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. Im Jeri Watson. And Im Jim Tedder. Today we visit a small museum in the American state of Maryland. It is called the National Cryptolo...
Spectacular Cherry Blossoms in Maryland Lure International Visitors Twelve hundred cherry trees line the streets of this neighborhood called Kenwood. The blooms are at peak, and so are the number of tourists who come to gaze at them. This is the firs...
Iraqis Hope Kerry Visit Revitalizes Ties Iraqis reacted positively to the visit Sunday by Secretary of State John Kerry. In Baghdad's Karada district, coffee-shop owner Raid Fahmi said stronger ties with the Americans would help Iraqis deal with thei...
Israelis, Palestinians Skeptical Over Success of Obama Visit In Arab East Jerusalem, Mohamed Abu Ghadan operates this parking lot owned by his family for 70 years. He is looking forward to President Obama's visit. But like many people here, he says h...