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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Indian child begs for money in New Delhi In September of two thousand, world leaders set eight goals for bringing millions of people out of poverty. These became known as the United Nations Millenni

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VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I'm Dick Rael with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell the story of Bob Hope. He was one of the world's most famous comedians. His life in show business lasted for more th

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Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. A persons nose is important for breathing and smelling. The nose is also used in many popular expressions. Some people are able to lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife le

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Thursday, the Bush administration reported mixed results in Iraq since the recent addition of thirty thousand American troops. The report is based on eighteen goals known as benchmarks. Congress establis

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What do young Americans think about the presidential candidates and social issues? A new public opinion study shows that the majority of young people support Democrats over Republicans. The young people al

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VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Gerald Ford is sworn-in by Chief Justice Warren Burger. At center is F

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener from China named Walker would like information about agricultural programs in the United States. This is our subject today in week number thirty of our Foreign Student Series. About one hu

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Epilepsy is a disorder where bursts of electrical activity in the brain result in seizures. A seizure can involve part or all of the brain. It can be minor and a few seconds long or severe and last for s

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah speaks at the opening of the Arab summit in Riyadh Arab leaders met this week in Riyadh. The Arab League Summit in the Saudi capital ended with calls for Israel to accept an Ar

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. April 23, 2007: A moment of silence observed for each of the 32 Virginia Tech shooting victims Classes began again at Virginia Tech on Monday, one week after the shootings by a student. Seung-Hui Cho

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Stan Busby with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about life in the United States during the nineteen six

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Imagine this: An official in a position of trust helps you choose a company for a service important to your future. You expect that the advice will be in your best interest. What you do not know is t

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about cowboys ... Play music by the Pine Leaf Boys ... And tell about a new kind of cat. Toyger Cats Breeder Judy Sugden

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Russia buried its former president with full honors in Moscow. Boris Yeltsin died Monday at age seventy-six. He served from nineteen ninety-one to nineteen ninety-nine. He will always be remembe

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Buy now, pay later. Credit cards give people that choice. Those billions of small pieces of plastic in use all over the world make it easy to buy things. But people who use credit cards irresponsibly

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Egypt has fully banned the tradition that some call female circumcision and others call female genital mutilation. The government acted after a girl in southern Egypt died. Her mother took her to a docto

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. On September ninth, American football player Kevin Everett of the Buffalo Bills tried to bring down an opponent. There seemed to be nothing unusual about what he did. The twenty-five-year-old Everett pu

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Heat and drought are threatening some of America's most productive farmland. The Department of Agriculture says an early summer heat wave across the West has increased demand for water to save dry c

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. SOUND: Good morning, Discovery Center -- good afternoon. We're happy to be here with you. This is Al Drew, Clay Anderson, Dave Williams and I'm Barb Morgan. And we are ready for your first question. W

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VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about a project to identify images of one million galaxies that have been captured by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We also tell