STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit two museums housed in one building in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently opened a show on the New Yor

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EXPLORATIONS - The Erie Canal Helped America Grow BOB DOUGHTY: Im Bob Doughty. MARIO RITTER: And Im Mario Ritter with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. In the early eighteen hundreds, traveling in the United States was dangerous. Business and trad

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Hundreds of ships are switching off their tracking devices and taking unexplained routes, raising concern the trafficking of arms, migrants and drugs is going undetected. Ninety percent of the worlds trade is carried by sea. Every vessel has an ident

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Holden is expected to announce its job at its Elizabeth plant in Adelaide today.South Australia Primer JW says Holden has told him it's cutting its second shift at that factory.Unions say up to 140 casual and contract workers were therefore lose thei

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EXPLORATIONS - South Street Seaport Museum Offers a Living Link With the Past By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The Peking, one the ships at the South Street

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1. Ukraine held a departure ceremony for some of the bodies of victims of the Malaysia Airlines disaster. The ceremony was held in an airport in eastern Ukraine before the bodies were flown to Netherlands. 2. Former New York mayor, Mike Bloomberg has

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By Kane Farabaugh New York City 30 May 2006 watch Fleet Week report Since 1984, the U.S. Navy has made New York City one of its largest port calls in the days leading up to the U.S. holiday of Memorial Day, which honors those who have died defending

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT - October 4, 2002: Sport Utility Vehicles By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. One of the most popular kinds of car in the United States is not really

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IN THE NEWS - October 5, 2002: US West Coast Ports Shut Down By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In The News. A labor dispute in the United States closed twenty-nin

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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Each year, Americans throw away millions of tons of electronic devices. That means business is good for a small electronics recycler in Chantilly, Virginia. Company President Jeremy Faber established

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We are still not up to meeting the needs of the Haitian people as far as the amount of supplies that are there -- US Air Force General Douglas Fraser U.S. military commanders overseeing food and water distribution in Haiti acknowledged Thursday that

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The historic earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12, changed it's capital city Port-au-Prince forever. And while the American military has secured it's damaged port and streets, international aid organizations supply medical and food supplies and ca

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President Barack Obama is making his debut on the world stage this week and the trip comes at a time when the president continues to enjoy generally strong support at home. U.S. President Barack Obama As world leaders take their measure of the new A

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40-Year-Old US Law Still Provides Sports Opportunities for Girls At a recent Washington tournament, America's top high school girls' basketball teams did more than just play the game. They learned about a 40-year-old law that has helped many girls pu

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Palestinians Demonstrate in Support of UN Membership Bid Palestinians across the West Bank have been demonstrating this week to show support for statehood. The display comes ahead of a speech Friday by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in which he is

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By Barry Wood Washington 11 October 2007 Last March, the leaders of Russia, Bulgaria and Greece signed an agreement to build a $1 billion pipeline to bypass the Bosporus and carry Russian and Central Asian oil directly to the Mediterranean at the Gre

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Haitian Americans Unhappy With Haitian Government's Response To Earthquake Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35,000 headed north to

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As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-

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Ashton Agar indeed has made a record-breaking debut in the first Ashes Tests. The 19-year-old scored 98 runs against England.That's the highest total for No.11 batsman in test history. His record-making tense wicket partnership with Phil Hughes helps

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The Reserve Bank says its hoping the Australian dollar will continue falling and help rebalance the economy as the mining investment boom peaks. In the minutes from its June meeting, the RBA board also left the door open for further interest rate cut

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