Iraqi Broadcasters Who Helped Beat Islamic State

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Brown versus Board of Education is one of the countrys most important cases. It overturned an earlier Supreme Court decision, and it helped launch the civil rights movement. At the center of the case was a little girl. In the early 1950s, Linda Brown

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Storms and tides are uncovering long-hidden human remains on New Yorks Hart Island. The island is a place where New Yorkers who have little money when they die have been buried for 150 years. Now, skulls and other bones mark the ground of small piece

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Now, its time for Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore common expressions in American English. Every year in the United States, we celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. So, in honor of

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Dogs Trained to Smell Low Blood Sugar Levels May Save Lives Dogs can be trained to use their sense of smell to recognize illegal drugs and explosives. So Mark Ruefenacht wondered if the animals also could recognize changes in the blood sugar level of

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Fire Shines Light on Sao Paulo Housing Shortage On May 1, an electrical problem started a fire in a large, former police building in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Officials say at least two people died as a result. The building was home to a group of people who

Russians Claiming to Represent IS Threatened US Military Wives

Angela Ricketts husband is in the United States Army. On February 10, 2015, she received a text message: Dear Angela! it read. Bloody Valentines Day! We know everything about you, your husband and your children, the Facebook message continued. The wr

VOA慢速英语2018--重建和腐败成伊拉克选举首要问题

Rebuilding, Corruption Top Issues in Iraqs Election Iraqi citizens will vote for members of their national parliament on May 12. It is the first such election since the government declared victory over the Islamic State group. Iraqi forces drove out

VOA慢速英语--《海德格尔博士的实验》 BY 纳撒尼尔·霍桑

Doctor Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne We present the short story Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four friends to meet

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Malaysian Leader Becomes Worlds Oldest at 92 Malaysias Mahathir Mohamad has returned to power as prime minister, becoming the worlds oldest elected leader. Mahathir is 92 years old. He previously ruled Malaysia for 22 years. He led a group of opposit

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Trump to Meet N. Koreas Kim Jong Un June 12 in Singapore United States President Donald Trump has announced his planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place on June 12 in Singapore. The president wrote on Twitter We will both

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Top 10 New Google Features Announced at I/O 2018 Google announced new features to make devices smarter and more useful to open its yearly developers conference. The announcements came at Googles I/O 2018 conference in Mountain View, California. We pu

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Scientists Observe Birth of Huge Galaxy Cluster For the first time ever, astronomers have observed the birth of a galaxy cluster, known as a protocluster. The event, billions of light-years away, could form one of the largest-known structures in toda

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When You See an Adverb Clause, You'll Know

In the song When The Saints Go Marching In, jazz musician Louis Armstrong sings about entering heaven: Yes, I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in Armstrong is expressing his desire to be among the saints going to heaven. The line

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Can #MeToo Succeed in a Conservative Pakistan? The Pakistani television and film industry was shocked last month by accusations of sex abuse from a famous singer. Meesha Shafi used the Twitter #metoo to accuse a male co-worker of harassment. Sharing

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Senate Questions Intelligence Agency Nominee on Torture United States lawmakers met Wednesday with President Donald Trumps choice to lead the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Senate Intelligence Committee held a confirmation hearing on his nomi

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Scientists Help Insects to Help Colorado River Fish Fish need insects for food. So, healthy rivers have healthy insect populations. However, in the United States, part of the Colorado River has an insect shortage that has left many fish without food.

VOA慢速英语2018--以色列袭击叙利亚境内的伊朗目标

Israel Hits Iranian Targets inside Syria Israel said Thursday its fighter planes struck dozens of Iranian military targets inside of Syria overnight. The move answered rockets attacks by Iranian forces on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israe

VOA慢速英语2018 夏威夷或有重大火山喷发

Scientists: Major Volcanic Burst Possible in Hawaii Hawaiis Kilauea volcano could soon send huge rocks and ash shooting out of its summit crater. The last time this happened was almost 100 years ago. 夏威夷基拉韦厄火山很快就有巨石和火山