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1. A lawyer for Ratko Mladic says the war crimes suspect won't live to see the start of his trial on genocide charges. The lawyer says Mladic is ill, and wants doctors to examine the 69-year-old. Mladic is accused of ordering the killing of 8,000 Mus
1. The United States is 365 days away from the presidential election. Jobs and economy are almost certain to be the top concerns for voters. President Obama will try to convince voters he deserve a second term, while the eventual Republican challenge
1. Fourteen US troops have been killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan in the past three days. They include seven American service members who were killed today in two separate roadside bomb attacks. 2. Hurricane Earl is getting stronger, it's he
1. American Bandstand host Dick Clark has died according to his spokes. Clark was beloved by generations of music lovers, later becoming a fixture on New Year Eve at Time Square. Clark was 82. 2. Authorities in Texas say a 30-year-old women admitted
1. The neighbors of Robert Bales are speaking out about the army staff sergeant accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan last weekend. They say he never expressed a lot of emotion about his multiple deployments. 2. Syria's State radio is report
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Legal experts had a lot to discuss this week. President Bush intervened to keep a former top administration official out of prison. And last week the Supreme Court ended its first full term with two Bush ap
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. India continues to investigate the terrorist attacks last week in Mumbai. More than one hundred seventy people were killed in two and a half days of violence. Taj Hotel in Mumbai burning Indian officials h
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Sometimes it takes an engineer to help a village. In poor communities, that help may come from volunteers with a group called Engineers Without Borders. A civil engineering professor in the United
Dealing with Back-to-School Stress: Part 1 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. It is back-to-school time in the United States, which for many is bittersweet. The bitter part is for saying goodbye to carefree, unscheduled s
AS IT IS 2015-04-26 40th Anniversary for Mississippi River Steamboat 密西西比河上的轮船 During the 1800s, the Mississippi River was crowded with steamboats. The river divided the United States in half, separating the older, more populated ea
AS IT IS 2016-10-05 Nobel in Chemistry Goes to Makers of Worlds Smallest Machines 2016诺贝尔化学奖:世界上最小的机器 Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in developing tiny machines. The three men are Jea
Emergency Medical Care in a Backpack Researchers have created a backpack that has a computer and medicines in it that can help even untrained soldiers save the lives of wounded troops. Wounded soldiers have a better chance of survival if they get hel
AS IT IS 2016-02-02 Myanmar's New Legislature Takes Oath 缅甸新议会宣誓就职 New members of Myanmar's legislature, many dressed in traditional clothing, took a joint oath of office Monday in the capital, Naypyidaw. The new legislature, or par
AS IT IS 2016-09-25 Suicides Leave Lasting Effects on Friends, Family 自杀给朋友和家人留下持久的影响 September is suicide prevention month in the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) considers suicide a worldwide problem.
美国9/11十五周年纪念 From Lower Manhattan to the Pentagon, a day of remembrance send reminders that the fight against terrorism continues. What we face in the context of the global terrorist movement is a long term problem associated with soc
Todd: OK, Keri, I've heard you talk about your father quite a bit. He sounds like a very interesting man. Can you talk a little bit about him? 克丽,听说你经常谈论起你父亲。他似乎是个有趣的人。你能跟我们讲讲他吗? K
HOUSTON, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former NBA star Yao Ming was officially named Goodwill Ambassador of the U.S. city of Houston Friday by the city's mayor at a ceremony here. Yao, the former Rockets center who lived in Houston for ten years, was also give
Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, Bin Laden is dead, but some Americans are still struggling with their experiences and memories of the disaster. As Su Yi reports, some of them are still suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorders, while others ar
The worlds population is getting bigger and bigger. Theres a population explosion in some countries. Im not sure if this is good or bad. The Earth can only support a limited number of people. One day, the worlds population will be too big to feed eve
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The eighth-ranked American tennis star Venus Williams has pull out of next week's Miami Masters with an abdominal(腹部的) injury, organizers confirmed on Thursday. I am very sorry to not be playing, said Venus