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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The American biotechnology industry recently did a study of bioscience education across the country. The biosciences are biology and other sciences that deal with living organisms. Paul Hanle is pres
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior. One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvar
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Pope Benedict named five new saints on Sunday, including a Catholic clergyman who cared for people in a leper colony. A picture of Father Damien at the ceremony making him a saint in Vatican City Father
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: More than one hundred thousand visitors attended the festival on the National Mall And I'm Barbara Klein. Today we tell about the National Book Festival in Was
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we take you to one of the most popular and beautiful places in the United States. It is the Grand Canyon in the southwestern state of Arizo
By Tom Rivers London 28 October 2009 American professional football returned to the heartland of soccer a few days ago, as the New England Patriots faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the hallowed turf of London's Wembley stadium. For the third year i
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 28 October 2009 Technology can bring lasting change to society, and one change it brought in the 19th century was the widespread use of color in art and commerce. A printing process known as lithography began in German
By Jeff Swicord Washington 27 October 2009 For the first time in 30 years, Social Security recipients in the United States will not receive an annual adjustment in benefits. More than 52 million older Americans depend on Social Security for all or p
By Rachel Silverman San Francisco, CA 27 October 2009 According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 46 million people in the United States had no health insurance coverage last year. While the nation struggles with reforming health care, one
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 27 October 2009 Protester fires sling shot during clashes with police in Standerton, South Africa, 15 Oct 2009 For at least three years, as the country's winter months begin to bite, poor South Africans have taken to
By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 27 October 2009 Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, 31 Jul. 2008 In a repeat of Monday, Radovan Karadzic again boycotted
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 27 October 2009 Ugandan forces say they are keeping a close eye on the Somali community in Kampala, following threats by Somalia's al-Shabab militants to attack the Ugandan capital. A nationwide registration drive has begun in
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 27 October 2009 For more than a decade Turkey and Israel have enjoyed close military cooperation including joint naval exercises that have taken place since they signed a military cooperation agreement in 1996. But relations
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 October 2009 A refugee girl in Dodel, a Mauritanian refugee camp in Senegal (file photo) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it has begun the final stage of the organized voluntary repatriation of Maurita
By Stefan Bos Budapest 24 October 2009 Hungary is commemorating its crushed 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination and the 20th anniversary of its declaration as a republic and the end of communism. The ceremonies come however as opinion polls sh
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 October 2009 The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an independent, international investigation of possible war crimes committed during the last few months of the war in Sri Lanka. The UN agency
By Michael Bowman Washington 27 October 2009 A sold sign in front of a home in Carmel, Indiana, 20 Oct 2009 The U.S. housing market is showing signs of improvement, but Americans have grown more pessimistic on the overall economy. The consensus view
By Jessica Golloher Moscow 27 October 2009 Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has seen a dramatic surge in new construction, especially in cities like Moscow. New buildings and businesses are typically welcomed in any neighborhood, especiall
By Scott Stearns Dakar 28 October 2009 The bodies of people killed during a rally are seen at the capital's main mosque in Conakry, Guinea (File) Workers in Guinea are holding a nationwide strike in commemoration of the killing of at least 157 oppos
By Selah Hennessy London 22 October 2009 The United Nations has released a report that says mobile phone use is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else in the world. The report also says Internet connections have a long way to go. Mobile phone u