Iraq Museum Antiquities1

Broadcast: May 14, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about efforts to re

Water Storage Systems

Broadcast: May 12, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels

Bees and Beekeeping1

Broadcast: May 13, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Most people have heard the sound of bees among flowers. Bees live almost everywhere in the world--except the

Graduations

Broadcast: May 29, 2003 By Jeri Watson This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Graduating seniors at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, May 25. May and June are the months when most g

Leatherback1 Turtle2 Disappearing

Broadcast: February 28, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists have appealed for international cooperation to protect leatherback sea turtles. The scientist

US-EU Dispute over Genetically Modified1 Foods

Broadcast:Feb 25, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Bush administration has been trying to get the European Union to accept new genetically engineered crops.

Female Genital1 Cutting

Broadcast: Feb 24, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Activists for the rights of women have declared a yearly observance to oppose the cutting of female sex organs.

Drying Food

Broadcast: Jan 21, 2003 By Gary Garriott Drying food is a simple, low-cost way to keep food safe for eating. Drying removes water that small organisms use to break down food into other substances. Som

Coffee

Broadcast: Jan 14, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. World coffee prices have dropped by almost fifty percent over the last three years. They are at their lowest

The Major Science Stories of the Year 2002

Broadcast: Jan 7, 2003 By George Grow, Cynthia Kirk, Nancy Steinbach and Caty Weaver VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with the Special English program SCIENCE IN THE N

Agricultural Universities

Broadcast: January 23, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT. We continue our series of reports about how students from foreign countries can attend a college or uni

McDonald's Fast-Food Company is Facing Legal Action

Broadcast: Jan 22 , 2003 By Jerilyn Watson The McDonald's fast-food company is facing legal action by people who say its food made them fat and sick. In New York City, legal action was recently brough

Destruction of the Indonesian Forests

Broadcast: Jan 24, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Two environmental groups blame dishonesty1 among Indonesian officials for the continued destruction of the co

Affirmative Action

Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: Legal experts call it America's most important debate on affirmative action in twenty-five years. Colleges and universities say they have a right t

Military1 Education

Broadcast: Jan 16, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can study at an American college or university

MBA1

Broadcast: January 30, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT. We continue our reports about how people from foreign countries can attend a college or university in t

World Trade Center Memorial Competition

Broadcast: May 9, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach and Caty Weaver HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC--VOA's radio magazine in Special English. This is Doug Johnson. On our program today, We answer a listener's

International Wateryear

Broadcast: February 21, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Everywhere, water use is increasing. Humans already use fifty-four percent of all the fresh water in riv

Johnson and Wales University

Broadcast: February 20, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series about how foreign students can study at an American college or university. You

Goldman Environmental Prize

Broadcast: May 9, 2003 By Caty Weaver This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Seven activists are this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Foundation awards. The winners received t