PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Barbara Cooney, 1917-2000: She Created Many Popular Books for Children MARY TILLOTSON: Now, the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the life of Barbara Cooney, the cre

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THIS IS AMERICA - Research Grows Through Citizen Science JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm June Simms. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, we learn about citizen science and its g

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Health Report - Fewer Children Under the Age of Five are Dying This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In recent years, the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five. A new report says an estimated six-poi

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Health Report - Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk This is the VOA Special English Health Report. This week, Japanese doctors began examining three hundred sixty thousand children in Fukushima Prefecture. The goal is to learn the exten

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By Efam Dovi Accra 22 August 2006 Women ministers and members of parliament from Anglophone West Africa countries are meeting in Accra to sharpen their leadership and advocacy skills. The Accra meeting, being organized by the Network of African Wome

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 31 May 2006 After more than 70 people died in a fuel tanker explosion in Benin last week, the government is announcing a clamp down on illegal fuel sales. Informal fuel trading sustains thousands of Beninois. ------------------

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 January 2006 Opposition politicians in Kenya are calling for early elections and other tough measures following damning allegations by the former head of a government corr

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Immigrants Learn English With Their Children Tha Neih Ciang is learning vocabulary words with other immigrant students. She's among four dozen Burmese youngsters at Bollman Bridge Elementary School, which is less than an hour's drive from Washington.

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Feed-in tariff program relies on funding from electricity users, not taxpayers Tom Banse | Olympia, Washington 23 March 2010 Proposed solar installation and wind turbine at Gas Works Park in Seattle. National and state governments around the world ha

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Vatican Prosecutor Denounces 'Deadly Culture of Silence' It is a scandal that has shaken the faith of Catholics around the world. And on Wednesday, the Vaticans top sex crimes prosecutor warned bishops they will be held accountable. We have the duty

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Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi cautions Kenyans from putting excessive hope in U.S. President Barack Obama and says Kenyans should be focusing on finding local solutions to their problems. Former President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi in this O

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Baltimore's Empty Lots Bloom With Healthy Greens This one stretch of land is blooming in the midst of a post-industrial wasteland that has lost about one-third of its population since its post-World War II peak, leaving hollowed-out neighborhoods of

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 09 March 2006 Benin is awaiting results from presidential elections, as allegations of fraud are mounting. Sunday's vote started in confusion when the outgoing president said the

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -March 22, 2002: VOA's Maurice Joyce remembered / Grand Central Terminal in New York / Oscar-nominated songs HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC —.. VOA’s radio magazine in Special En

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HEALTH REPORT - India, Nepal Fight Outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 I'm Jim Tedder with the VOA Special English Health Report. A young victim

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The Green Leaves of Summer - 美国乡村音乐 A time to be reaping收获的季节到了 A time to be sowing播种的季节到了 The green leaves of summer are calling me home夏日绿叶,呼唤我回到家乡 It was good to be young then in the season of plenty在任何季节年轻

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 01 August 2007 During the Cold War, Greenland was a strategic location for the United States military to track and detect Soviet aircraft and ballistic missiles. The military established radar and tracking sites throug

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When the world's biggest polluters gathered this past December at the U.N. Climate Summit in Copenhagen, they managed to forge a non-binding agreement that could help put the brakes on global warming. The 12-paragraph document outlines a way to move

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Dai: So Darren, its not long now until Christmas, are you looking forward to it? Darren: Yes and no. I do like Christmas, the spirit of Christmas, I believe it does bring people closer together, but the thing I find year upon year is becoming more an

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Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stopped in one of the shops in the street. It was run by an Asian family, and although the pri

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