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2.Hiroshima - The Liveliest City in Japan (excerpts) Jacques Danvoir Hiroshima! Everybody off! That must be what the man in the Japanese stationmaster's uniform shouted, as the fastest train in the world slipped to a stop in Hiroshima Station. I did
By Noel King Juba 09 January 2006 Southern Sudanese dancing groups take part in peace celebrations in Juba, Sudan, Monday, Jan 10, 2005 Monday marked the one year anniversary of a peace agreement that
By David McAlary Washington 16 May 2007 Scientists say West Nile virus is killing large numbers of birds across North America. The organism has devastated big proportions of several bird species that commonly populate town and city suburbs throughout
HEALTH REPORT - September 18, 2002: West Nile Virus Update By Nancy Steinbach 17 Sep 2002, 20:17 UTC This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United States Centers for Disease Control says m
Yoshi: Can you hold my jacket while I try to get my roller bag down the aisle ? Tatiana: All right, but I have to roll my own bag down the aisle, you know. Yoshi: Fine, give it back to me. All of these overhead bins are full. Where are we supposed to
I had to fly from Minneapolis to Los Angeles recently, and like most travelers, I've almost memorized the standard safety announcement made by the flight attendants. It goes something like this: Good afternoon and welcome to Flight 345, service to Lo
By Jim Teeple Bethlehem 21 December 2006 watch Bethlehem Christians Every year at this time, Christians around the world turn their attention to Bethlehem, a small city in the West Bank where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was born.
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: George W. Bushs First Term STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. GEORGE W. BUSH: America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle wit
By Joseph Popiolkowski Hong Kong 28 June 2007 The European Commission says it is banning Indonesia's airlines from entering EU airspace. Joseph Popiolkowski reports for VOA from Hong Kong that the Indonesian industry's reputation has been hit by a se
The Obama administration said Thursday it has set no deadline for its diplomatic outreach to Iran to show results, but that U.S. patience on the issue of Tehran's nuclear program is not infinite. The new administration has said it will be a full par
Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline Several years ago a massive survey of women called the Nurses' Health Study began collecting data on memory, thinking skills and other cognitive measures. Jennifer Weuve of the Rush Institute of Healthy Aging
First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims Mourners streamed into a funeral home in Fairfield, Connecticut where services were held for six-year-old Noah Pozner. Local police lieutenant James Perez described the mood inside as beyond somber an
BBC Learning English Weekender Queen's Official Birthday Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. A few weeks ago I celebrated my birthday. I don't feel any older, but now when I write my age I have to add an extra number. For some
By Nico Colombant Bamako, Mali 04 April 2006 Against a backdrop of financial difficulties and suspect security in Africa's aviation industry, one of the world's poorest countries, Mali, has a new airl
By Katy Migiro Nairobi 05 May 2007 Authorities in Cameroon have begun a search for a Kenya Airways jetliner that crashed with 114 people aboard in the southern part of the country. The plane took off from Cameroon's commercial center of Douala early
今天我们要学的词是memoir。 Memoir, 回忆录。 A Vietnam war veteran's memoir will be made into a movie, 一名越战老兵的回忆录将被拍成电影。 The publisher of a Holocaust memoir canceled the book after the author admitted th
By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 06 October 2007 The U.S. military says coalition forces have killed six more terrorists in Iraq. They also deny that an air attack on Friday hit innocent civilians. VOA's Jim Randle reports from northern Iraq. In an e-mailed
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has been reappointed to serve in the Obama administration, says he is comfortable with the president-elect's desire for a rapid withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, as long as the pace of the drawdown
By Luis Ramirez Jerusalem 01 October 2009 Israel has for some time warned it is ready to launch preemptive strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities at any time. With international pressure growing on Iran to freeze its nuclear program, analysts say
The Chinese government says it hopes the Iranian nuclear issue can be resolved through peaceful dialogue. China also announced it is hosting the next round of international talks on Iran. 中国表示希望能够通过和平对话的方式解决伊朗核