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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Today we bring you a new take on an old tale. It's the story of the three little pigs and the big bad wolf that blew down a house made of straw and one made of sticks. The only house left standing
By Julie Taboh Washington 28 October 2009 British primatologist Jane Goodall spent almost half-a-century studying the wild chimpanzees of Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Her ground-breaking discoveries have contributed much of what we know about th
By Steve Mort Orlando, Florida 28 October 2009 The American workforce is getting grayer. And the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the number of workers between 65 and 74 years old will grow by more than 80 percent between 2006 and 2016.
By Jennifer Glasse London 27 October 2009 A memorial stone for the victims of Pan-Am flight 103 iin a garden of remembrance near the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, Nov. 2008 Scottish police have just announced they are looking into evidence surroun
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 October 2009 Europe will increase its aid to Afghanistan despite concerns the situation in the central Asian country is deteriorating. The decision was announced during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembo
By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 October 2009 An Australian man accused of killing a Jewish youth in Hungary during the Second World War is in jail, awaiting possible extradition. Charles Zentai denies the murder accusations and has been fighting extraditio
By Scott Stearns Dakar 23 October 2009 Preliminary results from legislative elections in Niger indicate a big win for the ruling party in a vote boycotted by the opposition. West African leaders suspended the country from its regional economic bloc,
By Al Pessin Bratislava 23 October 2009 United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan says more foreign troops are needed to help secure the country, and to train its army and police forces. The e
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 October 2009 The U.N. refugee agency reports a Chadian colleague working in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush during the weekend. The UNHCR says dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been killed in eastern Chad this ye
By Paula Wolfson The White House 26 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaking at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida, 26 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama remembered the 14 Americans killed on Monday in two helicopter crashes in Afgh
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 View of empty seats where Radovan Karadzic's defense team was supposed to sit at start of trial at War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, 26 Oct 2009 Making good on his threat, former Serb leader Radovan Karad
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 26 October 2009 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic - File Photo More than 14 years after being charged with war crimes, Radovan Karadzic is expected to stand trial on Monday in The Hague. The former Bosnian Serb
By Steve Norman 25 October 2009 Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI has unveiled a new Roman Catholic Church initiative which will let Anglicans, often known as Episcopalians in the United States, practice Catholicism while keeping many of their Ang
By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 October 2009 A sharp increase in illegal migrants heading by boat to Australia has prompted accusations that the government has made the country a target for traffickers by easing immigration laws. More than 42 vessels have
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 28 October 2009 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (Oct 2009 file photo) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Wednesday's suicide attack on a U.N. guest house in Kabul that killed nine people, including six U.N. s
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 20 October 2009 Ibrahim Mayaki, Chief of New Partnership for Africa's Development -NEPAD The Chief of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, or NEPAD, says agricultural development is the key to prosperity f
By Al Pessin Honolulu, Hawaii 20 October 2009 Command of U.S. forces in Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans passed to a new commander on Monday at a ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii. Navy Admiral Robert Willard said the U.S. commitment to the region
By Roger Hsu Nazareth, Pennsylvania 21 October 2009 The Martin Guitar Company in Nazareth, Pennsylvania is world-renowned for making some of the finest guitars ever made. However, the economic downturn in the U.S. has cast a shadow over the company,
By Greg Flakus Huntsville, Texas 21 October 2009 The U.S. state with the busiest death chamber and one of the largest prison populations is Texas, where public opinion polls show the death penalty is supported by more than 70 percent of the populati
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 08 October 2009 A prominent Egyptian editor faces disciplinary charges for meeting with Israel's ambassador. An inquiry by her colleagues is set for the coming days, and is expected to highlight the clash between pol