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Be Positive Do Something Day is on March 1st. It is our chance to make a difference in the world and do something positive. It might change our lives for the better. It often seems as though the world is full of negative news, negative people and neg
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Friendship Day takes place on the first Sunday of August every year. It is one day of the year we can say thank you to our friends. The tradition began in the USA in 1935 and has slowly spread around the world. The U.S. Congress declared Friendship D
Dora wanted to buy a card for her mother. Her mothers birthday was next week. Dora loved her mom. She wanted to get a nice birthday card. She wanted a card that was pretty. She wanted a card that said the right thing. What was the right thing? The ca
Lisa Bryant In just over a week, more than a dozen world leaders and thousands of World War II veterans will pack the beaches and villages of northwestern France to commemorate the 60th anniversary of
By Daniel Schearf Singapore 19 September 2006 The first day of the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have ended in Singapore. Leaders of the two organizations expressed concern that high oil prices, global trade imbal
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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. These days, Americans worry most about an economic recovery that President Obama calls painfully slow. But on Saturday millions will remember the day al-Qaida terrorists flew airplanes into the World Trade
Pope Benedict XVI has met privately with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests. The pontiff held prayers and spoke with them Monday at the conclusion of a nine-day visit for World Youth Day, an international Catholic festival.
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Bruce Gulland. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 We are all under the same m
Today is the World Population Day. The theme of this year's World Population Day is Adolescent Pregnancy. Experts point out that more effective sex education and tolerance is key to keeping adolescents away from the threat of accidental pregnancy. Li