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VOICE ONE: A major snowstorm hit the East Coast on the weekend before Christmas. Christmas trees for sale in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program,
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: We listen to music by several bluegrass award nominees And answer three listener questions about the United States. But first, we tell about
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The government says the United States economy shrank at an annual rate of one percent in April, May and June. The decrease was less than expected, and much less than at the start of the year. The imp
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. California has a new program called the Digital Textbook Initiative. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: Starting this fall with high school math and science, we will be the first state in the nation -- the first
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Transparency International is out with its two thousand nine report on corruption around the world. The nongovernmental organization has released its Corruption Perceptions Index each year since nineteen n
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play music from a CD that brings together more than one hundred musicians from around the world. But first, we report about some special young people who ha
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered in the eastern United States. They met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a summit on the world's financial future. Leaders of the G
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: We play music by the jazz-influenced singer Melody Gardot ... And, answer a question about New York Citys Central Park. But first, a report
The past year has seen several dynasties reassert their dominance in U.S. sports. In this look back at 2009, the Los Angeles Lakers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, the New York Yankees and top college teams added more trophies to their col
VOA's weekly science and technology radio magazine Art Chimes | Washington, DC 04 December 2009 MUSIC: Our World theme This week on Our World: Climate change and its impact on health, ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference ... another hazard in c
By Brent Latham Port Said, Egypt 05 October 2009 Honduras forward Roger Rojas (C) tries to keep control of ball as South African defender Ace Bhengu (L) and midfielder Sameehg Doutie (back R) surround him, 4 Oct 2009 The South African national socce
By Anne Look Dakar 07 October 2009 Ivory Coast's electoral commission has officially delivered the provisional voter list to President Laurent Gbagbo, bringing the country a step closer to its long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for N
By Alan Boswell Nairobi 05 October 2009 Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan met with Kenya's president and prime minister Monday to urge their coalition government to hasten the pace of reforms in the country. Annan served as chief mediator in th
By David Axe Aboard the USS Donald Cook 07 October 2009 In 2008, Somali pirates captured more than 100 large commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, provoking a massive international response. Today, some 40 warships patrol Soma
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2009 Child rights advocates have kicked off more than a month of global activities leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention, which was adopted by the U.N. Gener
By Ricci Shryock Dakar 13 October 2009 Rebel attacks in the Casamance region of Senegal are moving deeper into the interior of the country. This week's most recent violence occurred north of the regional capital of Ziguinchor. Rebels in Senegal's so
By Selah Hennessy London 13 October 2009 UN peacekeepers (R) pass a Rwandan Hutu rebel (L) as they patrol in FDLR rebel-held territory in eastern Congo (File) Aid groups said Tuesday that the human cost of a UN-backed military operation in the Democ
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 13 October 2009 Reformist Iranian presidential candidate, Mahdi Karroubi, talks with media during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, 09 Jun 2009 Tehran's prosecutor says an investigation is under way into charges by Irani
By Al Pessin Pentagon 13 October 2009 The Pentagon says a Washington Post story claiming it is making an unannounced deployment of 13,000 additional troops to Afghanistan is inaccurate. US Soldiers in Afghanistan A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Dave L
By Hilary Heuler Warsaw 10 October 2009 Polish President Lech Kaczynski signs EU's Lisbon Treaty at presidential palace in Warsaw, 10 Oct 2009 Poland has signed the Lisbon Treaty which aims to streamline the workings of the European Union. This leav