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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we travel to Africa with the banjo player Bela Fleck. We hear music from his latest album, Throw Down Your Heart, and discuss a movie about his trip to Afri
Take the ribbon from your hair, Shake it loose and let it fall, Layin' soft upon my skin. Like the shadows on the wall. Kristofferson Kris Come and lay down by my side till the early morning light All I'm takin' is your time. Help me make it through
By Stephanie Ho The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has developed a guide to provide newly arrived immigrants with basic information about American life, history and civics. The new guide is
In 2017, European scientists plan to go on a very special space mission - landing on an asteroid. But why do they want to visit an asteroid and will there be space for Callum on the spacecraft?! 欧洲科学家计划于 2017 年进行一次航空任务 - 降落在小行
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Fifty million public school children in America are starting a new school year. The number is a record high. Yet, at the same time, school systems in many areas are facing budget problems. Two bus dr
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Dominette, a Hereford cow whose genetic material was used in the study Researchers from twenty-five countries have made a genetic map of a cow. Better understanding of what makes a cow a cow could
By Mil Arcega Washington 18 April 2007 Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is fighting to keep his job after disclosing his involvement in obtaining a substantial pay raise for a female friend. The controversy has provoked demands for Wolfo
By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 22 August 2007 Every week, hundreds of Africans set out from various ports in often decaying fishing boats in order to slip away from their home countries and chase jobs and dreams of life outside Africa. The out
By David Byrd Washington 30 January 2007 National Football League head coaches Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears have been friends for years. Dungy mentored Smith when both were with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,
Photo: AP Security guards man a gate outside the bombed Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 Jul 2009 The United States Embassy in Jakarta has warned Americans that an attack may occur on the resort island of Bali on New Year's Eve. According
For the last few years, the United States and other Western nations have been training thousands of Palestinian police as part of efforts to build institutions for a new Palestinian state. For the most part, the forces have succeeded in creating bett
More than 300 scientists from 14 countries brought their skills to the Greenland base camp over five summers. Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future. White is director of the Insti
A leading U.S. government health agency is focusing an annual campaign on educating patients, parents, and health care providers about the need to avoid the misuse of antibiotics. Inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to superbugs that resist dru
The Latino experience is a common theme for Mexican-American artist Tony Ortega. His work often examines the overlooked contributions of people - especially immigrants - who do manual labor. An exhibit of of Ortega's work in Boulder, Colorado, is pro
By Patricia Nunan Srinagar 12 April 2006 Following nearly six decades of tension and fighting between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, some of the troubled region's leaders are looking for new ways to
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 October 2007 Israeli and Palestinian officials are cautiously optimistic about the upcoming of visit of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, due to arrive in the region on Sunday. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's
By Tendai Maphosa London 04 April 2008 Britain has long been a haven for immigrants, from highly skilled workers from Europe and the United States to those coming from developing countries to escape political persecution or find a better life. Many o
By Barry Wood Washington 11 March 2006 Slobodan Milosevic (2000 file photo) Slobodan Milosevic, for 13 years the dictatorial leader of Serbia and later Yugoslavia, and the person most directly associa
By Phuong Tran Nouakchott, Mauritania 02 September 2007 Mauritanian rap group, Diam Men Teky, has been rapping in Mauritania's poorest neighborhoods for 15 years. Their songs about state corruption and neglect have not won them many fans in the gover
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 15 November 2007 The head of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa is urging homegrown economists to take the lead in addressing Africa's economic challenges. VOA's Peter Heinlein has details from the opening session o