VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And this is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell the second part of our story about the discovery of gold in the area of Canada called the Yukon. We tell about

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Everyone knows that ships are a favorite target of pirates. But another problem takes place under the sea and often gets less attention: fish piracy. The technical term is illegal, unreported and u

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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 Barbara Klein. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: As recently as the nineteen seventies, little research existed ab

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too warm. But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult. Re

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Iran is observing the thirtieth anniversary of the country's Islamic revolution with a ten-day celebration that began last Saturday. The nineteen seventy-nine revolution forced Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi o

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Obama has accepted responsibility for problems involving his nominees for two important positions. On Tuesday, the President's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services wit

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week We listen to new music from the Raconteurs And answer a listener question about President Abraham Lincoln But, first we talk about Twitter... Twitter (MUSIC

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We talked last week about employment rules for international students in the United States. Now we move to financial aid, which is often limited for international students. American schools provided

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The medical term for a broken bone is a fracture. But there are different kinds of fractures. X-ray of a fracture A single fracture is when a bone is broken in just one place. You may have heard the ter

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VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Richard Rael with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we begin the first of two programs about the discovery of gold. Huge amounts of gold. Enough gold to make a person extreme

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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And, I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about what is said to be the largest study yet of a treatment for Parkinson's disease. We will also tell about a stud

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Tulips at the Public Gardens in Boston, Massachusetts (file photo) We have a question from a Chinese student who is interested in floriculture. Wang Yue wants to know what kinds of flowers American

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we remember President Abraham Lincoln. This Thursday is the two hundredth anniversary of his birth. (MUSIC) VO

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VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Willis Conover. His voice is one of the most famous in the world. Conover's Voice of America radio program on jazz was o

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In two thousand seven, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About eighty percent of all people are

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, a special Valentine's Day program about love in hard economic times. (MUSIC: My Funny Valentine) HOST: Love is in the air this weekend as Americans celebra

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VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we continue our report about the life and music of one of America's greatest composers, George Gershwin. (MUSIC: Rhapsody in Blue) VOIC

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American lawmakers agreed this week on an economic recovery plan. Negotiators got it below seven hundred ninety billion dollars. They cut tens of billions from versions in the Senate and the House of Repre

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In Washington this week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced new steps to rebuild trust in financial markets and restart the flow of credit. The plan, separate from President Barack Obama's eco

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about the Fulbright Program. It sends Americans to study, teach or do research in other countries. And it brings people from other countries to do the

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