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By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 In Somalia, which has not had an effective central government in 16 years, the UN says an estimated 1.4 million people need emergency humanitarian relief. Of those, 400,000 are those whove been interna
By Michael Gutkin, Alona Cherkassky New York 30 June 2006 Watch Homeless Report Father Vadim Arefyev VOA's Russian Service introduced us to Father Vadim two years ago. He opened the first shelter for homeless Russians in Brooklyn, New York. VOA rece
By Peter Heinlein Pop icon Ricky Martin has gone to the United Nations to appeal for global action to protect children from sexual predators. The singer perhaps best known for his hit song Livin' La V
THIS IS AMERICA - Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called Radio STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we bring you some
Somalia Famine Spreads to New Areas The United Nations says three more areas of Somalia have now slipped into famine. The famine is expected to spread further unless there is immediate intervention. The U.N.'s food security analysis unit and a famine
Tadao Ando was born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan. He is a prolific architect and is in demand the world over. He designs buildings using his distinctive approach to architecture. His style uses simple forms, lots of exposed concrete, and the creative use
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 June 2007 United States First Lady Laura Bush started a five-day, four-country tour of Africa with a stop in Dakar, Senegal. Kari Barber reports for VOA from Dakar that Mrs. Bush toured a hospital HIV/AIDS center and met with
By Richard Krantz Washington, D.C. 04 April 2006 watch Saddam Trial report Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein faces new charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the 1980s crackdown against
Thousands Flee Latest Congo Fighting Much attention is again focused on the eastern DRC due to fighting between government forces and M23 rebels. However, the U.N. refugee agency says the situation in North Kivu Province has been growing steadily wor
Zimbabwean Songwriter Fights HIV Getting to Zero was composed by an 18-year-old Zimbabwean, Theophylus Phoelyn, 18, and will be used by Zimbabwe as a theme song for this year's World AIDS Day. Most young musicians in Zimbabwe sing about love, sex and
A: What's wrong, officer? B: You do realize that you ran a red light, don't you? A: I did? B: You didn't see the red light? A: I'm sorry for running it, but I really didn't know. B: Didn't you learn that red means stop? A: I know that. B: Then tell m
Martin: Hey Tom, where've you been lately? Tom: Oh, I've been doing loads of job interviews. You know I'm graduating soon. I've just got to work out what to do next. I'm torn between a big company and a small company. Martin: Really? Personally I wou
Todd: OK. Hello! Kevin: Hi! How you doing? Todd: I'm doing pretty good. Kevin: Good. Todd: What's your name? Kevin: My name is Kevin. Todd: Kevin. And where are you from? Kevin: I'm from Phoenix, Arizona. Todd: OK. Nice. Kevin: In the United States.
Todd: Clare, what are your plans for tonight? Clare: Well, tonight, first of all I'm going to head back home and take a nap because I've got a big night ahead of me. So, I'm going to be going out quite late, about 11:00 so I'll need my energy, but un
A quarter of a million wildebeest will die in their yearly odyssey. In the sun burnt Serengeti, hunger keeps the wildebeests thundering northward, following the rain. A collective intelligence keeps the herd on track, neighbor leading neighbor, along
For the delicate monarch, it may as well be a trip to the moon. And yet somehow they do it, their tiny bodies attuned to a seasonal sundial and resonating to the invisible signature of the earth's core--its magnetic field. Around the planet, animals,
Ravenous triggerfish seize the luckless, an unceremonious end to an epic quest. For the surviving males, the odyssey has just begun. The females will arrive within days, urged on by celestial forces demanding they reach the males and the sea in time.
On Christmas Island, a different kind of home-coming preparation has begun. The males, though exhausted by their long pilgrimage, are readying snug burrows before the demanding females arrive in search of nursery-ready homes. Having dipped in the oce
Oscar examined the pasta box. On the front, in large letters, was Barilla PenneItalys #1 Brand of Pasta. On the side, in small print at the very bottom, was Product of U.S.A. Oscar shook his head; they tricked me again, he thought. He added two cups
Craig David 现为白金销量歌手的Craig David出生于英国南安普敦,童年时已发挥出其音乐才华。十五岁时,年纪轻轻的Craig David受到母亲的鼓励下,参加了作曲比赛。他只用了两天时间来完成的参赛歌曲I'm Ready,更令他在比赛中脱颖而出。胜出比赛除了令他的作品被流行乐