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Technology Report - IBM Says Minds Will Control Machines Within Five Years This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Controlling a device with your mind. Powering your home with the energy of your own activities. These are two of the develop
DO YOU FEAR THE WIND? DO you fear the force of the wind, The slash of the rain? Go face them and fight them, Be savage again. Go hungry and cold like the wolf, Go wade like the crane: The palms of your hands will thicken, The skin of your cheek will
By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 24 April 2006 watch Wind Power report It is estimated that the world's consumption of energy will increase by 60 percent over the next 20 years. Today half of U.S. ele
By Brian Padden Washington, D.C. 19 June 2007 June 20th is International Refugee Day so we are turning our attention to the refugee situation in Iraq. The United Nations says nearly four million Iraqis have fled from their homes seeking refuge in eit
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 05 February 2006 Lockheed Martin executive, second right, explains the working of surveillance aircraft Hawkeye 2000 to Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, du
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 September 2007 The United Nations refugee agency says Iraqis top the list of people seeking asylum in 36 of the world's richest countries. A new report shows asylum applications in industrial countries filed by Iraqis rose 4
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 March 2006 Newmont Mining Corporation has suspended gold and copper exploration on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa after unknown assailants burned down a camp for i
Nepal's new government says the country will maintain equal ties with its giant neighbors India and China. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, a visit by Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda to Beijing has sparked speculation that the Nepalese lead
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 17 June 2008 A new report by the International Crisis Group warns of a growing risk of communal violence in Indonesia's eastern most province, Papua. From Jakarta, VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins has more. Papuanese studen
Fermilab Scientists Optimistic About Finding Higgs Boson Particle Scientists at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland say they are encouraged by new data suggesting their Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful atom-smasher, is one step
Wind Offers Clue to Curbing Malaria A team of scientists studying the patterns of malaria infection in rural Kenyan villages noticed that, despite a gradual reduction of malaria cases in the region, hotspots persisted. The blood-sucking mosquitos tha
Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats Estimates by the Department of Energy indicate that in the United States alone, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines by 2030. John Anderson is policy director at the American Wind Energy Associ
Illinois Biomass Recycling Center Aims to be First of its Kind Outside rural Goodfield, Illinois is a pile of wood that weighs 4.5 million kilograms. Some people call it garbage, but for Paul Wever, it's something else. I look at this as oil barrels
By David Gollust Jakarta 15 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a speech to a group of Indonesian students, parliamentarians and businessmen Wednesday March 15, 2006 in
By Cathy Majtenyi Hargeisa, Somaliland 04 March 2008 The people of the African republic of Somaliland voted in 1991 to become an independent nation. They argue that there are enough cultural, political and social differences between them and the peop
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 10 May 2007 U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to increase the number of Iraqis fleeing conflict in Iraq who can be admitted to the United States. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, the focus is on peo
Lorelai: I just finished reading a book about how to get the most out of life . Starting today, Im going to live life to its fullest . Luke: Oh no, not another one of your fads . Werent you eating only blue- and red-colored foods a couple of months a
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 16 November 2007 The international environmental group Greenpeace is blocking a ship carrying palm oil from leaving a port on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Their goal is to highlight the environmental damage caused by pa
By Phil Mercer Sydney 15 August 2007 Australia has ended its ban on uranium sales to India. The country has so far refused to sell the nuclear fuel to countries that have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but Foreign Minister Alexander
Technology Report - Students Compete to Find Tech Solutions for World Problems This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Hundreds of students from around the world gathered in New York City last week for the Microsoft Imagine Cup finals. The