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Education Report - Using Student Writing to Teach Global Issues 教育报道 - 使用学生作品来教导全球性问题 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 One World Education is a nonp
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 11 February 2007 In Kenya, a United States-led coalition of governments, conservation groups, industries and scientists Saturday launched a global initiative to fight the $1 billion illegal trade in wildlife. Cathy Majtenyi
By Patricia Nunan Bombay 06 March 2006 The world's population is booming - no more so than in its cities. Within the next 10 years, there will be at least 22
By Ron Corben Bangkok 09 June 2006 Thailand's king, this week celebrating 60 years on the throne, is known in his country as the development king because of the many rural projects he has sponsored. The monarch's dedication to improving the lives o
By Zulima Palacio Toronto, Canada 21 August 2006 watch Conference report One of the main attractions at this week's International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada is the Global Village. It is more than 7,000 square meters of shops, activist booths
By Jim Bertel Washington 25 April 2007 The release last year of former Vice President Al Gore's award-winning film An Inconvenient Truth has turned global warming into a hot topic of concern in the United States. One of the film's producers, Laurie D
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 24 April 2006 watch Wal Mart Banking report The world's largest retailer, U.S.-based Wal-Mart, is hoping to begin its own banking business soon. Critics are concerned i
By Tendai Maphosa Harare 09 August 2006 Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa The trial of Zimbabwe's justice minister for attempting to obstruct the course of justice finally got under way after a retired magistrate was appointed to preside over the c
The head of the World Trade Organization says chances of making a trade deal at a crucial round of negotiations on global trade next week have recently improved. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports for VOA. Pascal Lamy, Director-General of WTO, attends a
By Amanda Cassandra New York 17 September 2006 On the eve of the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, First Lady Laura Bush will be in New York Monday to host an international conference on global literacy initiatives. Education officials fr
Hopes Dim for US Ratification of Global Maritime Treaty Law of the Sea Convention Maritime defense, shipping, and natural resources extraction are but a few of the endeavors covered by the Law of the Sea Convention, which governs how nations use the
By Efam Dovi Accra 24 November 2006 In Ghana, health authorities say they have taken a major step towards finding treatment for HIV/AIDS and other diseases by using local, traditional medicines. An estimated 4,000 of the country's 20 million people
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 01 September 2006 Pakistani authorities say they have buried a tribal leader, whose death during a military operation last week sparked violent protests. ----- Protestor hurls back a tear gas shell towards the police durin
By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 21 August 2006 watch Population report The Population Reference Bureau (P.R.B.) released its annual data sheet on global population growth. The report had some interesting findings. Experts in world population growth
By Tendai Maphosa London 27 March 2007 The United Nations along with other organizations has proposed a new global fund to fight international human trafficking and forced labor, which it says have grown to epidemic proportions. The report was launch
US Economic Health Key to Global Growth in 2013 In the United States, the jobless rate has declined to a 4-year low, the housing market has stabilized, and financial markets are flush with cash. But as 2012 comes to a close, there is unanimous agreem
By Cathrine Drew London 12 April 2007 Watch EarthFireIce report A South African man and his British friend have launched a campaign to get people around the world to help fight global warming. They call it the EarthFireIce campaign, and they want pe
By Luis Ramirez Beijing 08 November 2006 Leaders of 21 economies making up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, later this month to talk about liberalizing trade in the region. Organizers also hope to move along g
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 April 2007 Experts say global warming is likely to affect people living in Africa more than on any other continent and warn that African policymakers must begin to prepare for such an event. An international panel of exp
By David McAlary Washington 17 May 2007 Health groups are warning of a coming international epidemic of high blood pressure that will trigger an upsurge in heart disease, strokes, and kidney failure if not controlled. A report by prestigious U.S. and