This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Fifty million public school children in America are starting a new school year. The number is a record high. Yet, at the same time, school systems in many areas are facing budget problems. Two bus dr

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Deep inside each cell in our body is all the genetic information needed for life. Human genes are normally organized along forty-six chromosomes -- twenty-three from each parent. David Petersohn of Libe

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Northern Lights seen near Palmer, Alaska last year And I'm Barbara Klein. On our program this week, we will tell about the mystery of the aurora borealis, bet

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: One problem for schools is higher costs for bus transportation And I'm Barbara Klein. A new school year is beginning in the United States. On our program today

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In far northern Mongolia, the survival of the smallest ethnic group in the country depends on reindeer. Morgan Keay, right, with members of the Tsaatan community in Mongolia An American named Morga

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Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Lots of people have a favorite city. Maybe it is the city where they were born, or the place of their happiest memories. Or maybe it is just a place they would like to call home. Today, we present s

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A farmer in his maize field near Arusha, Tanzania The maize streak virus causes one of the most destructive crop diseases in Africa. Not only is it economically damaging, it can also threaten food

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about six diseases of the liver. The six diseases come from six different viruses. Doctors have one name for

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This the VOA Special English Health Report. People who are schizophrenic sometimes hear voices or see things that are not real. They might believe other people want to hurt them. They can become fearful and socially withdrawn. Schizophrenia is expla

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about entrepreneurs and the problems they face starting businesses around the world. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bill Gates Entrepreneur i

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we discuss the first steps for students interested in higher education in the United States. One place to go for advice and information about American college

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Federal Reserve and other major central banks pumped extra money into financial markets on Thursday. The aim was to help calm investors and persuade nervous banks to lend to each other. President

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our show: Music from Mexican American singer Lila Downs ... A question about Rhapsody in Blue by composer George Gershwin But first we're off to see the

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In recent weeks, the United States government has dealt with struggling financial companies on a case-by-case basis. Now government and congressional leaders are discussing a plan, and they say there is no

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the woman who was the most influential wife of any American president, Eleanor Roosevelt. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Eleanor

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Guinea worm disease usually does not kill, but it is extremely painful. It prevents people from caring for their farms, their homes and sometimes even themselves. Guinea worms can grow up to one me

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener in Poland recently sent us an e-mail. Slawek Loboda writes: There are many American universities and colleges that provide long distance education to the world. The trouble is that each un

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the desert of the American Southwest to learn about a group of people called the Shadow Wolves. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Lambert Cross, n

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A 16-year-old mother receives care for her baby at a mobile health clinic in Garland, Texas, in a 2006 photo More than seven hundred thousand teenagers a year get pregnant in the United States. The teen

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about two studies. Both involve the world's oceans. One study examined the health of coastal waters for fish an

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