Laura Bush and Other First Ladies

By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: September 29, 2003 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The wife of the United States president has no duties or powers under the law, but has an important place in America. I'm Faith Lapid

Music for Little People

By Paul Thompson Broadcast: September 8, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: It's easier to find songs for big people than for little people. But the market in children's music is growing. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOIC

Harlem1

Broadcast: January 6, 2002 By Lawan Davis VOICE ONE: It was home to the great jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, poet Langston Hughes, and civil rights activist Malcolm X. I'm Mary Ti

EU Lifts Ban on Genetically Modified Foods, but Adds Conditi

Broadcast: July 15, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. On July second, the European 1)Parliament agreed to let new 2)genetically changed products enter the Europe

Composting

By Gary Garriott Broadcast: July 22, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Many farmers around the world are 1)composting to improve their soil so they can produc

Shuttle1 Investigation

Broadcast: May 10, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English program, In the News. Investigators say they now believe they know what caused the American space shuttle Columbia to break apar

Briton Charged in U.S. with Missile Sale

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 16, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. A London man faces charges that he tried to bring a missile into the United States. American of

EPA Chief Resigns

Broadcast: June 6, 2003 By Caty Weaver This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. The chief of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced her resignation. Christine Todd

Mwai Kibaki was Sworn-in this Week

Broadcast: Jan 4, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk. This is Steve Ember Mwai Kibaki was sworn-in this week as president of Kenya. He won sixty-three percent of the vote in the Kenyan presidential election last Fr

Another Danger of Hormone Replacement Therapy

Broadcast: June 11, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New research has found another danger of hormone replacement therapy1. The therapy studied involved the hormo

The Top Official in Illinois Canceled Court Orders

Broadcast: Jan 18, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk Last Saturday, the top official in the American state of Illinois canceled court orders to execute1 one-hundred-sixty-seven prisoners. Illinois Governor George

American Troops to Leave Saudi Arabia

Broadcast: May 3, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The United States says it will withdraw1 all combat forces from Saudi Arabia by the end of

Colonial Expansion: The South

Broadcast: April 17, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the U

Smoking

Boadcast: Jan 21, 2003 By George Grow This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a VOA Special English program about recent developments in science. Today, we tel

Mysterious Creatures

Broadcast: April 30, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Many people in America's Pacific N

American Secretary of State Presented the Most Detailed Argu

Broadcast: February 8, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In The News. This week, American Secretary of State1 Colin Powell presented the Bush administratio

Uses Hydrogen1 as Fuel2

Broadcast: February 14, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. President Bush has offered a plan to speed development of technology that uses hydrogen as fuel. His goa

Genetically Engineered Salmon1

Broadcast: Jan 28, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A number of companies are expected to seek approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to p

Genetically Engineered Pigs

Boadcast: February 18, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Food in the United States can include genetically engineered crops. No genetically engineered animals, h

Cloth Filters Fight Cholera1

Broadcast: January 27, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Researchers have discovered a simple answer to a huge problem in developing countries. They have found that