VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: The U.S. ambassador in Jakarta, Cameron Hume, right, with a guide, fed sharks from a cage in a tank on Earth Day in April. He led celebrations at the Sea World

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Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today we listen to music from a popular band of brothers ... Answer a question about Blackwater And talk about white roofs and green roads. (MUSIC) Green News HOST: Green c

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, President Obama proposed major changes to rebuild government supervision of the financial industry. President Obama announces his plan at the White House BARACK OBAMA: So today, my admi

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Two-year colleges in the United States are also known as community colleges. Students earn an associate degree. Or they can train for a job for a year or two and get a certificate. Community colleges

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VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we finish the story of the first American program to send a person into space. It was called Project Mercury. (MUSIC) VO

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United Nations is seeking to improve electronic communication for health workers in Africa. Workers in rural areas would have a better way to get training, information and advice from doctors hundre

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Sorghum is an important grain for Africa. Millions of Africans have more to eat because of Gebisa Ejeta. The Ethiopian scientist developed sorghum seeds that can resist long dry periods. The seeds

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Afghan Institute of Learning When Sakena Yacoobi was a child in Herat , Afghanistan, she saw many women suffer. They had no education and little or no medical care. Many died in childbirth. In the

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VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we report about two scientists, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi, who helped lead the world into the nuclear age. VOICE ONE: It is J

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Next week is the one hundredth anniversary of the Paris Air Show, the biggest in the world. It takes place every two years, and organizers say even with the economic downturn they expect a full house. Airb

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we look at modern changes in the American father. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Robert Young, center, played father Ji

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking Friday, in an image from Iranian state broadcaster IRIB Iran's top leader has demanded a stop to protests over the disputed presidential election. (SOUND) Ayatollah Ali Kham

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Aaron Copland, one of Americas best modern music composers. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Aaron Copland wrote many kinds of music. He

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Jeffrey Schwarz coordinates the water filter project for North America from the Carnegie Library Pot Shop, adapting technology developed in Central America during Hurricane Mitch in 1998 The Braddo

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In America, May and June are the traditional months for graduations. A listener in China, Jack Hoo from Jiangsu province, wants to know how American college graduates find jobs. Right now the answer

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Compost is a dark, rich material added to soil to improve it. Compost is produced when bacteria and fungi break down organic matter, aided by insects, earthworms and other organisms. This natural r

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We all know that some people do not seem as emotionally strong as others when life gets difficult. But why is that? A study published in two thousand three in the journal Science offered an answer. The

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about a study involving monkeys and a gene from jellyfish. We will tell about an agreement to ban

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we play some of our favorite songs about summer. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Summer at the beach If you ask most Americans, they wo

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. One day in October of eighteen fifty-nine, Americans were shocked by news of an attack led by John Brown. He was an antislavery extremist. Many people also considered him

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